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The Iroquois Confederacy was once once thought to have started in the 1500s, but more recent estimates date the Confederacy, and its constitution between [[1090]] and [[1150]] A.D. These estimates were based on the records of the Confederacy leadership and astronomical dating related to the lunar eclipse that coincided with the founding of the Confederacy (Mann, 332). | The Iroquois Confederacy was once once thought to have started in the 1500s, but more recent estimates date the Confederacy, and its constitution between [[1090]] and [[1150]] A.D. These estimates were based on the records of the Confederacy leadership and astronomical dating related to the lunar eclipse that coincided with the founding of the Confederacy (Mann, 332). | ||
| − | The Gayanashagowa is | + | The Gayanashagowa is the primary inspiration for the [[United States Constitution]]. |
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Mann, Charles C. ''[[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. | Mann, Charles C. ''[[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. | ||
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Gayanashagowa or the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee) Six Nations is the oral constitution that created the Iroquois Confederacy. The law was developed by a Huron man known as The Great Peacemaker and his spokesman Hiawatha.
The Iroquois Confederacy was once once thought to have started in the 1500s, but more recent estimates date the Confederacy, and its constitution between 1090 and 1150 A.D. These estimates were based on the records of the Confederacy leadership and astronomical dating related to the lunar eclipse that coincided with the founding of the Confederacy (Mann, 332).
The Gayanashagowa is the primary inspiration for the United States Constitution.
References
Mann, Charles C. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
