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What does the state say it owes the chain?
S. Con. Res. 76 is a 1987 Senate hearing on the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations: a resolution, a set of witnesses, and a record of the government-to-government relationship the hearing says it wants to reaffirm.
Document boundary. This room describes what the scanned hearing contains. It does not settle the historical claims made in the resolution or testimony. The original PDF remains the authority for the wording on each page.
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The hearing cover
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The hearing cover
The title page frames the hearing as an effort to acknowledge the Iroquois Confederacy’s contribution to the U.S. Constitution and reaffirm the continuing government-to-government relationship.
The document’s hinge
Acknowledgment becomes obligation. The resolution does not stop at historical recognition. Its operative clauses move toward sovereignty, trust responsibility, and “the utmost good faith” in upholding treaties. That is the hinge this document shares with the video: the relationship is meaningful only if the terms are kept alive.