The people of the Six Nations, also known by the French term,
Iroquois [1]
Confederacy, call themselves the Hau de no sau nee (ho dee noe
sho nee) meaning People Building a Long House. Located in
the northeastern region of North America, originally
the Six Nations was five and included the Mohawks, Oneidas,
Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. The sixth nation, the
Tuscaroras, migrated into Iroquois country in the early
eighteenth century. Together these peoples comprise the
oldest living participatory democracy on earth. Their
story, and governance truly based on the consent of the
governed, contains a great deal of life-promoting intelligence
for those of us not familiar with this area of American
history. The original United States representative democracy,
fashioned by such central authors as Benjamin Franklin and
Thomas Jefferson, drew much inspiration from this confederacy
of nations. In our present day, we can benefit immensely, in
our quest to establish anew a government truly dedicated to
all life's liberty and happiness much as has been
practiced by the Six Nations for over 800 hundred
years. [2]
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