@coppereddrawing it applied to everyone as Non-People meant "not born of the Dawnland"
however after colonization it because exclusively used for the colonist, as they are not of the Dawnlands, it became a singular.
Haudenosaunee- literally means "people of the Longhouse" and is the common name we go by, with the alternative being Ongweh'onweh- "the people"
as we viewed ourselves as people and others as Hahnó:ǫh- outsider. Hahnyǫˀǫh- Non-People.
we Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ which translates to "People of the Great Swamp") are called that because in our founding story, we were born of the Dawn Goddess in the Swamplands.
and as Water is the passage to the Otherworld, we lived along those Swampy waterways.
@PPeaceand hes a War God, God of the Wild, God of Hunting, Fishing, Jewelry Making, Magic, ect.
hes considered one of "kinder" of the Great Spirits. compared to say- Aireskoi, who is violent for the sake of Violence. i did a old painting of him but i sold it and dont have a copy.
@PPeaceand i have no frame of reference for who that is but yes.
hes the "Wild Man" god, the son of the Sky Father and a Mountain Giantess.
who betryed the Giants, killing them to prevent a war between is father and mothers people.
we Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ which translates to "People of the Great Swamp") are called that because in our founding story, we were born of the Dawn Goddess in the Swamplands.
and as Water is the passage to the Otherworld, we lived along those Swampy waterways.