As many people flock to the Finger Lakes region to see the April 8 eclipse, some eyes will be looking to the skies for an even deeper reason.
The Ganondagan State Historic Site has displays that include information about the pivotal role the eclipse had for the Haudenosaunee.
Victor, N.Y. — As thousands of people flock to the Finger Lakes region to see the April 8 eclipse, some eyes will be looking to the skies for an even deeper reason."For Haudenosaunee people, an eclipse reminds people of a time when they received a message: The Great Law of Peace," said Michael Galban, the historic site manager at the Ganondagan State Historic Site.
About a thousand years ago, the Haudenosaunee people established one of North America's earliest democracies after longstanding unrest between tribes. "The five original tribes that joined together to form this union were constantly at war," said Perry Ground, a professional storyteller who is a Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation. "When the 'Peacemaker,' the man who brought us together, was among us, he told us to look to the sky for a symbol."
The five nations are the Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Seneca. They were later joined by the Tuscarora who returned to the territory in the early 1700s."The sun disappeared, and they took that as a signal that it was time to join together," added Ground. "Then from there, he was able to get the other tribes to join in and form our union that we call ourselves Haudenosaunee.
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