the other elder brothers would be the mohawk and the seneca. , anou look at the language offshoot of mohawks. an offshoot ofof those nations. they call them the younger brothers. they would have an equal voice. thestructure was, you have .nondaga sitting in the middle over here would be the mohawk and the seneca. oneida.e would be the later, when others joined the confederacy, they were put along with the younger brothers. you have the structure, and we had a lot of influence on how the u.s. government was formed. if you look at it, you have the called the fire keepers. they would suggest that agenda. over here would be the mohawks. they would go back and forth and debate, go back and forth. agreed, they went back , andorth, back and forth would say, we have come of one mind on the issue. it kind of all started when we decided to file our land rights action in the courts. other issue inle itself. we made these treaties, and were told, ok, the u.s. will protect your lands. the state did not seem to recognize that. we lost our lands. ♪ we still have the language, we have a culture, are