This prayer is a gift from the Haudenosaunee people (Iroquois Nation), words of thanksgiving with ancient roots dating back to the time when the Great Law of Peace was brought to the Iroquois Nation by the Peacemaker, an Iroquois prophet, statesman, and lawgiver, who advised them to end intertribal warfare. Variations of these words are still recited at all times of the year at the opening and closing of ceremonial and governmental sessions…