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Hey, why give credit to an Iroquois mother only?
cooking,cleaning doing laundry? Kidding.

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The clan mother is responsible for choosing the Clan chief, the best male human of the tribe.

The following qualities make for a good candidate to become a chief:
pleasant personality
honesty
not committed any crimes
must have ability to reason, not acting foolishly
knowledge of the Confederacy laws represent
knowledge of the ceremonies
must have never left his family
must be able to uphold the Great Law
must be able to represent the people fairly
must be kind hearted
must be able to withstand criticism

She can also unseat him if he becomes a delinquent while chief and not doing a good job. She then appoints someone else.

2007-07-02 03:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0 0

She names all the people, she installs and removes male chiefs and monitors their actions and counsels the tribe.

2007-07-02 10:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by staisil 7 · 0 0

cleaning, nurturing, and weaving?

2007-07-02 10:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by Wil 3 · 0 0

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