Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else)

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Haudenosaunee cultural practice ceremonial address indigenous oral tradition traditional prayer

The Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else) is a traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ceremonial greeting and prayer that expresses gratitude to all elements of the natural world and is recited to open gatherings and teach respect, harmony, and interconnectedness.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address	1
Thanksgiving Address	1
Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9354742 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else)
Context triple: [Oneida Nation, culturalPractice, Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else)]

A. Ninth Address
The Ninth Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s influential patriotic-philosophical speeches in his "Addresses to the German Nation," contributing to his vision of German national renewal and education.
B. Seventh Address
The Seventh Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s influential nationalist-philosophical speeches collected in "Addresses to the German Nation," delivered in Berlin in 1807–1808.
C. Thirteenth Address
The Thirteenth Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s nationalist-philosophical speeches in his "Addresses to the German Nation," delivered in 1807–1808 to inspire German cultural and political renewal under Napoleonic occupation.
D. Twelfth Address
Twelfth Address is one of the later speeches in Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s "Addresses to the German Nation," contributing to his philosophical and nationalist vision for German cultural and moral renewal.
E. Fourteenth Address
The Fourteenth Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s influential nationalist-philosophical speeches collected in "Addresses to the German Nation," delivered in Berlin in 1807–1808.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else)
Target entity description: The Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else) is a traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ceremonial greeting and prayer that expresses gratitude to all elements of the natural world and is recited to open gatherings and teach respect, harmony, and interconnectedness.

A. Ninth Address
The Ninth Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s influential patriotic-philosophical speeches in his "Addresses to the German Nation," contributing to his vision of German national renewal and education.
B. Seventh Address
The Seventh Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s influential nationalist-philosophical speeches collected in "Addresses to the German Nation," delivered in Berlin in 1807–1808.
C. Thirteenth Address
The Thirteenth Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s nationalist-philosophical speeches in his "Addresses to the German Nation," delivered in 1807–1808 to inspire German cultural and political renewal under Napoleonic occupation.
D. Twelfth Address
Twelfth Address is one of the later speeches in Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s "Addresses to the German Nation," contributing to his philosophical and nationalist vision for German cultural and moral renewal.
E. Fourteenth Address
The Fourteenth Address is one of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s influential nationalist-philosophical speeches collected in "Addresses to the German Nation," delivered in Berlin in 1807–1808.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Haudenosaunee cultural practice ⓘ ceremonial address ⓘ indigenous oral tradition ⓘ traditional prayer ⓘ
addresses	Creator ⓘ Mother Earth ⓘ animals ⓘ moon ⓘ people gathered ⓘ plants ⓘ stars ⓘ sun ⓘ teachers ⓘ thunderers ⓘ waters ⓘ winds ⓘ
associatedNation	Cayuga ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ Oneida ⓘ Onondaga ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Tuscarora ⓘ
associatedPeople	Iroquois ⓘ linked to: Haudenosaunee
category	indigenous prayer ⓘ opening address ⓘ
culture	Haudenosaunee ⓘ
educationalRole	teaches community responsibility ⓘ teaches cultural values ⓘ teaches environmental stewardship ⓘ
function	remind listeners of responsibilities to the natural world ⓘ set a respectful tone for events ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address ⓘ linked to: Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else) Iroquois Thanksgiving Address ⓘ Words That Come Before All Else ⓘ
language	Haudenosaunee languages ⓘ
purpose	express gratitude ⓘ open gatherings ⓘ teach harmony ⓘ teach interconnectedness ⓘ teach respect ⓘ
region	Northeastern North America ⓘ
religiousOrSpiritualTradition	Haudenosaunee spirituality ⓘ
structure	series of greetings and thanks ⓘ
theme	gratitude to all elements of the natural world ⓘ interdependence of all beings ⓘ respect for nature ⓘ
transmission	oral tradition ⓘ
usedInContext	ceremonial gatherings ⓘ community meetings ⓘ educational settings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oneida Nation → culturalPractice → Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else) ⓘ

subject linked to: Oneida nation

Tuscarora Nation of New York → hasCulturalPractice → Thanksgiving Address ⓘ

linked to: Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else)

Thanksgiving Address (Words That Come Before All Else) → hasAlternativeName → Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address ⓘ