The Iroquois Constitution forms the first democratic republic and example of sovereign governance by the consent of a people in North American history. The confederacy of the League of Five Nations‚ who constructed the Iroquois Constitution‚ preceded the European colonization. Historical records and references provide evidence of the strong influence the Iroquois legislative process and constitution had on shaping the ideas and words of the US Constitution. Specific and distinct similarities unquestionably
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The Iroquois are an American Indian confederacy of New York originally consisting of the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Seneca‚ and Tuscarora tribes. They originally settled along the St. Lawrence River which is located in what is now known as New York State. Most Iroquois remained in upstate New York but some traveled to Ohio to join relatives and others moved to places like Kansas. There is not a concrete date for when the Iroquois tribe was established but “some estimates put this as far back
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The Iroquois Constitution It is about the Five Nations that formed the Iroquois Confederation and what they should and should not do. (Constitution and laws) The Five Nations included the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga‚ and Seneca tribes. Comparing the Great Law of Peace and The Constitution of The United States of America The United States Constitution was influenced by the concepts and the principles enclosed in The Great Law of Peace. Some of the same ideas that were in the Iroquois’
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In the modern world‚ both the Iroquois Constitution and US Constitution pertain to many areas regarding personal and government affairs; however‚ one has almost been abandoned while the other is still alive and thriving. Both Constitutions are controversial; moreover‚ one can find many similarities and differences among them through the features of human equality‚ personal rights‚ and security of self and state. Each document has more to it than what meets the eye‚ therefore‚ by comparing and contrasting
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societies‚ such as the Iroquois of North America focused on living peacefully-as hunting nation. And they had accomplished to live in such a manner. Though it wasn’t until a social change-a competition between their neighboring society‚ Hurons over income/economy (the furs held value and could be traded for manufactured goods in the 17th century.) that brought about a transormation.The competition had brought in social changes which lead to aggressive and fierce alterations in the Iroquois‚ not a biological
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The native American tribe known as the Iroquois‚ have a unique creation story. For this story sky‚ people and water exist but there is no land to speak of. It’s funny how most creation stories start off with the earth and sky already in existence. The Iroquois story starts with sky people that live high above the waters in the clouds. The sky people could not die‚ have children or experience sadness. Nonetheless; one day a sky woman realized she had become pregnant with twins. When she told her husband
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Christie Martin November 8‚ 2014 Constitution Summary The Constitution of the United States The Preamble: “We the People” Establishes justice and discipline This establishes the most important concept of American government Article I- The Legislative Article Section 1- Legislative power Only congress has the power to make laws It is divided into two chambers‚ the Senate and House of Representatives Section 2- House of Representatives; Composition; Qualifications; Apportionment; Impeachment Power
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The Iroquois Vonda Matthews Cultural Anthropology July 7‚ 2013 Instructor: Rebekah Zinser Kinship is the cornerstone for how people within a society relate to others and race lineages. Many societies trace their lineage through the father‚ which is called patrilineal‚ or through the mother which is called matrilineal. The Iroquois nation traced their kinship through the matrilineal decent lines. Kinship directly relates to how family groups think‚ act and live along side each other. The culture
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IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY by Loretta Hall OVERVIEW The Iroquois Confederacy‚ an association of six linguistically related tribes in the northeastern woodlands‚ was a sophisticated society of some 5‚500 people when the first white explorers encountered it at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The 1990 Census counted 49‚038 Iroquois living in the United States‚ making them the country’s eighth most populous Native American group. Although Iroquoian tribes own seven reservations in New York
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The Iroquois of the Eastern Woodland Region The Iroquois are a group of five Native Americans Tribe’s from the Eastern Woodland region. These tribes are among the most powerful in the region‚ they live close together and speak close to the same language. The tribes of the Iroquois Nation include the “Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Onondaga‚ Oneida‚ and Mohawk” (Boehm‚ 2000‚ p. 93). The Eastern Woodland Region was east of The Plains Indians and extended from New England and Maryland to the great lakes area into
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