Question

Read this passage from the Iroquois Constitution. What powers and responsibilities do the women have in the Iroquois Confederacy concerning a Lord who seeks to establish independent authority?
If a Lord of the Confederacy should seek to establish any authority independent of the jurisdiction of the Confederacy of the Great Peace, which is the Five Nations, he shall be warned three times in open council, first by the women relatives, second by the men relatives and finally by the Lords of the Confederacy of the Nation to which he belongs. If the offending Lord is still obdurate he shall be dismissed by the War Chief of his nation for refusing to conform to the laws of the Great Peace. His nation shall then install the candidate nominated by the female name holders of his family.

A. The responsibility to replace him and to take over his duties
B. The responsibility to warn him and to nominate his candidate for replacement
C. The power to punish him and to install his replacement
D. The power to dismiss him from the Confederacy and to choose his successor

Answer 1

A. The responsibility to replace him and to take over his duties