Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Great Law of Peace, the founding constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's entry on the Great Law of Peace is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist scholarly source on Haudenosaunee political history. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record. Reliable for the Peacemaker narrative in outline and the confederacy's governance structure; it does not describe closed ceremonial content, and neither does this atlas.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Law-of-Peace
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
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