The Community of the Iroquois

The most pleasurable activities almost always involve sharing something. There is a certain communism of the senses at the root of most things we consider fun. The giving and taking of gifts often takes on a distinctly game like quality, continuous with actual games, contests, pageants and performances that also often mark popular festivals. Each village, clan or nation within the league of the hodenishane, or iroquois, for example, was divided into two halves - each side expected to bury the others dead.