🦅 The Great Lawgivers

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Indigenous Roots of American Democracy

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The Great Law of Peace

Learn about the constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

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The Six Nations

Discover the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca & Tuscarora

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Influence on America

How the Confederacy shaped the U.S. Constitution

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• The Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) formed their confederacy around 1142 AD—over 600 years before the U.S. Constitution.

• The Great Law of Peace established democratic principles including separation of powers, checks and balances, and individual freedoms.

• Benjamin Franklin specifically cited the Haudenosaunee model when proposing colonial unity in 1754.

• In 1988, the U.S. Congress officially acknowledged the Confederacy's influence on the Constitution.

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