The Great Ones · Indigenous North America
Hiawatha
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Hiawatha

c. 15th century

Co-founder of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

Hiawatha (c. 15th century) endures among the great of Indigenous North America. Co-founder of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.