Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace: Indigenous Democratic Foundation
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy established a sophisticated democratic system predating the US Constitution, featuring consensus-based decision-making, checks on leadership power, and equal representation across member nations. Scholarly research by Donald A. Grinde and James Johansen suggests this …
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Indigenous Leadership
Tuscarora Nation
traditional-governance
consensus-democracy
indigenous-politics
constitutional-foundations
democratic-innovations
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