Pre-Colonial Indigenous Democratic Governance Models
Indigenous societies across the Americas developed complex democratic systems predating European colonization, featuring sophisticated conflict resolution mechanisms, representation models, and collective decision-making processes that challenge modern Western democratic assumptions.
Key Actors
Sources (4)
- Traditional Democratic Innovations for Modern Governance
- Keystone Institutions of Democratic Governance Across Indigenous North America
- Deliberative Democracy and Historical Perspectives on American Indian/Alaska Native Political Decision-Making Practices
- The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy
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