According to Articles 1 and 10, the role of the Onondaga people differs from the roles of the other four tribes of the Iroquois nation because the Tree of Peace is planted in the land of the Onondaga people and they are the firekeepers.
The Iroquois call themselves Haudenosaunee or Ongweh'onweh. Outside their community, they are known as the Iroquois-speaking Native American Confederation of Northeast North America/Turtle Island.
Iroquois stretched north from present-day Ontario and Quebec along the lower Great Lakes (Upper St. Lawrence) and south on either side of the Allegheny Mountains to the present day. Kentucky and Ohio he tags the Valley.
A strong navy, used in concert with allied nations and backed up by a vigorous economy, is a potent deterrent to conflict and enables diplomacy. It convinces adversaries that war is either unwinnable or too costly to wage
