The Great Law provides a framework for the governance of each community. There are common practices and principles under which the individual national councils operate. The principle duties of the Council is to maintain peace, protect the territory and to provide for the long-term welfare of the people. The voice of the people comes through their clan.
Clan meetings allow everyone in that clan an opportunity to have their voice heard.
When the clan comes to a consensus on any matter, the Clan Mother informs the clan chief of the will of the people. The Chief carries that decision with him to the national Council of Chiefs. In their deliberations, the Chiefs therefore are to represent the decision, feelings and desires of their own clan. When the national Council of Chiefs comes to a consensus, they would then carry that decision forward to the Grand Council. In this way, the men, women, children and elders of every clan have input to the decision-making process.