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Bookmark or Share- Iroquois Confederacy | Definition, Significance, History, & Facts ...Under the Great Law of Peace (Gayanesshagowa), the joint jurisdiction of 50 peace chiefs, known as sachems, or hodiyahnehsonh, embraced all civil affairs at the intertribal level.
- Biography of Chief Massasoit, Native American Hero - ThoughtCoChief Massasoit (1580–1661), as he was known to the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the leader of the Wampanoag tribe. Also known as The Grand Sachem as well as Ousemequin (sometimes spelled Woosamequen), Massasoit played a major role in the success of the Pilgrims.
- Sachem Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of SACHEM is a North American Indian chief; especially : the chief of a confederation of the Algonquian tribes of the North Atlantic coast.
- Sachem - WikipediaSachems / ˈ s eɪ tʃ ə m z / and sagamores / ˈ s æ ɡ ə m ɔːr z / are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Algonquian languages.
- Native American, Great Sachem, Plymouth Colony - BritannicaMassasoit was the grand sachem (intertribal chief) of all the Wampanoag Indians, who inhabited parts of present Massachusetts and Rhode Island, particularly the coastal regions.
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