The Flying Head, or Kanontsistóntie’s, is a spiritual being within the traditional belief systems of the Iroquois people.
- "The Great God hath sent us signs in the sky we have heard uncommon noise in the heavens and have seen HEADS fall down upon the earth" Speech of Tahayadoris a Mohawk sachem at Albany October 25, 1689
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