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What is striking about their thanksgiving prayers is that the Haudenosaunee don’t focus on possessions or personal good fortune. Rather, the emphasis is on the blessings we all receive because they are part of our natural world. While the expressions of gratitude are delivered spontaneously in people’s own words, the order and format follow a traditional structure. A version of the thanksgiving address has been published by the Mohawks, one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee, and begins like this: