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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Native American spiritual leader. According to tradition, he founded the Iroquois confederacy with Hiawatha.
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Examples
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Some of us believe that Jesus reappeared on this continent as Deganawidah, the Peacemaker, who gave the Great Law of Peace to the Iroquois, on which our Constitution is partially based.
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For instance, Deganawidah, with his helper Hiawatha, taught the warring Iroquois tribes how to cooperate and live together in harmony.
Scary times 2006
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These are manifestations of the coming of the Prince of Peace, awakening of Christ/Buddha/Deganawidah consciousness, as more and more of us face up to the devastation we are wreaking on this beautiful planet.
Hope- always 2005
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Deganawidah, the founder of the Iroquois confederacy, was called the Great Peacemaker.
The Prince of Peace 2005
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This endless, ever-angry escalating assault on our Constitution by crusading theocrats could be obliterated with the effective incantation of two names: Benjamin Franklin, and Deganawidah.
CounterPunch 2010
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Inspired by the legendary peacemaker Deganawidah, this democratic congress of five tribes had worked "better than the British Parliament" for more than two centuries.
CounterPunch 2010
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This endless, ever-angry escalating assault on our Constitution by crusading theocrats could be obliterated with the effective incantation of two names: Benjamin Franklin, and Deganawidah.
CounterPunch 2010
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Inspired by the legendary peacemaker Deganawidah, this democratic congress of five tribes had worked "better than the British Parliament" for more than two centuries.
CounterPunch 2010
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Inspired by the legendary peacemaker Deganawidah, this democratic congress of five tribes had worked "better than the British Parliament" for more than two centuries.
CounterPunch 2010
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This endless, ever-angry escalating assault on our Constitution by crusading theocrats could be obliterated with the effective incantation of two names: Benjamin Franklin, and Deganawidah.
CounterPunch 2010
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