Talk:Longhouse Religion

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Has anyone else seen this religion gaining ground among African-Americans? I was just at a Burger King in a Chicago suburb and met a guy who is very much an evangelist for this religion. He had the whole "Code" written out by hand in a notebook in his briefcase. Evidently very zealous! Jschroe

Many African Americans have Native American ancestry; moer than any other immigrant group in fact; many share dual identities/cultural associations, or have b egun to dig into their Native American inheritance; sounds like your example might be one of these; I met a guy in Cape Cod who was the Penobscot hereditary medicine man, but hadn't been told such for most of his life until his grandmother was dying; he'd identified most of his life as African-American ,though only of a "caramel" colouration; similarly a lot of Creek and Cherokee bloodlines are to be found among African-American heritage families......

Fascinating! I had wondered whether any non-Indians had embraced this religion, so I'd love to know more about this African-American guy! CaliforniaKid (talk) 07:31, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Haudenosaunee[edit]

During hte Oka Crisis Mohawk representatives seemed to speak interchangeably of the Longhouse adn the Haudenosaunee, if not as identical then as aspects of the saem government. Anyone here care to comment?Skookum1 (talk) 23:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The detemination that "Longhouse" means religion or Code of Handsome Lake, and "Hodenosaunee" means Great Law, is false. Longhouse is both a place for ceremonies and town hall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.187.137 (talk) 03:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Longhouse" can have basically three usages. The first is to denote the literal communal house in which Iroquois clans traditionally lived and held meetings. In the second it is a metaphor for the historic Iroquois Confederacy, under the Great Law of Peace. In the third it is a metaphor for the Iroquois New Religion of Handsome Lake. CaliforniaKid (talk) 07:29, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article would be more helpful if it got into details about where the expression "Longhouse Religion" refers to one or the other. Even though the longhouse is a venue for many things, the Gaiwiio movement and the neo-movements based on pre-Gaiwiio practices are two very different things! I am a resident of central NY and my understanding was always that "Longhouse Religion" referred specifically to Gaiwiio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.230.238.139 (talk) 16:18, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Cult"[edit]

I have deleted most of the discussion of whether this religion is a "cult," because the sources cited refer to it as a cult in the sense of "an organization for the conduct of ritual, magical, or other religious observances" and not in a pejorative sense.Mikedelsol (talk) 11:37, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]