The Great Law of Peace is the oral constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy. The Iroquois League is the earliest form of representative authority. The league created by five Native Indian tribes. The tribes founded as a defensive alignment in the 16th century. Deganawida (the great leader) and Hiawatha, recognised for establishing the League of the Iroquois. These tribes included Onondaga, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida and Seneca who named themselves the Five Nations of the league. The Iroquois were a strong nation when the Europeans arrived in America.
