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Excerpt: Native American Masks. The story of the masks created by North American Indigenous people is mysterious and religious in nature. False Face societies, of the Iroquois Confederacy, governed by the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee, have very protective policies in place regarding the medicine these masks afford the tribal members. These masks are depicted often times with twisted lips and enlarged eyes, tangled hair and more. To the initiate these masks are very important medicine symbols and are representative of medicine beings. The masks are most often made of wood from a live tree, and corn husks, and are quite intimidating in…