My friend Kyle Delisle, a member of the Mohawk nation which of course is a member of the Iroquois Confederacy or Five Nations (later Six Nations), discovered celestial connections in the sacred traditions of the Iroquois, and is working with the Knowledge Keepers of his nation and writing a book exploring these and other aspects of his culture.
I had the opportunity to meet Kyle in person during our recent expedition to the Scablands region of Washington State and to discuss some of the myths of the Mohawk and also the other nations of the Iroquois (the Iroquois consist of the Onondaga, the Oneida, the Cayuga, and the Seneca nations, and later the Tuscarora nation as well).
Recently, Kyle was giving a presentation to the Knowledge Keepers of his and other Iroquois nations, and sent me some of the creation accounts which have been published in previous centuries based upon the oral traditions handed down through the generations, so that we could discuss some of the celestial elements in those preserved traditions of his people.
I prepared some slides and star-charts, and Kyle and I recorded a conversation discussing the creation accounts of the Mohawk and the Onondaga, and some of the evidence which points beyond doubt to celestial elements within those sacred traditions. Here is the link to that conversation (just over 2 hours).
This conversation was recorded on 18 June, 2021.
We originally kept the video private, so that he could review it with the Knowledge Keepers of the Iroquois, but with their permission and encouragement are now making that video public. In fact, Kyle told me, the message he was given was of wanting "as many people as possible to see it."
With that in mind, please enjoy the above conversation between Kyle and myself regarding the Mohawk and the Onondaga creation accounts. The accounts themselves that we are discussing can be found in a book entitled Iroquoian Cosmology, based on the work of John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (1859 - 1937) and originally published in 1903.
And, please feel free to share this video with as many people as possible who would be interested in this subject.
As I say in the video itself, the Knowledge Keepers of the Iroquois are devoted to preserving the sacred traditions of their culture -- and not just dedicated to preserving them, but also dedicated to learning more about them, including their connection to the stars. They are aware of the precious nature of the wisdom given to their culture, and also aware that this wisdom was directly attacked by those who desire to stamp out the ancient wisdom given to all the peoples of the earth.
It is my conviction that we are all actually in very much the same situation, in that the ancient wisdom of virtually every culture has been attacked and in many cases much has been lost, over the course of many preceding centuries. We should be as devoted to preserving the ancient wisdom -- and to recovering all aspects of its message -- as are the Knowledge Keepers of the Iroquois and other Indigenous nations of North America.
I hope that the understanding of the system of celestial metaphor which underlies the ancient myths and sacred traditions of the world's culture -- and shows that they are all closely related in some way not currently understood -- will help others to explore the precious inheritance of the ancient wisdom given to men and women around the world in the stories of our ancestors.
