| Organization name | Pagan Party |
| Org type | Religious group |
| Bio notes | A traditionalist movement that developed among the Iroquois in the late 18th century and after Handsome Lake’s death in 1812. Its rivalry with the Christian Party concerned political as well as religious issues, and was ultimately organized around the questions of cultural assimilation and the tribe's future in the post-Revolutionary world. The Pagan Party favored traditional cultural practices and the old religion, and though it eventually coalesced around the Code of Handsome Lake, for a while the Party rejected it on the grounds of being too Christian. The Pagan Party was especially prevalent among the Seneca and Onondaga. |
| See also | Oneida Indians, Seneca indians, Onondaga indians |
| Citations | The Great Law and the Longhouse, by William Fenton; Handbook of the North American Indians; https://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-156.html |
Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1
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