In a brief essay of at least 500 words, I want you to discuss the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Great Law of Peace.
Important points to consider:
• How the alliance of the Five (later Six) Nations came about.
• Relations between tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy and early European colonists.
• Important points of how the Confederacy worked, and evidence of how the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois system of governance may have influenced the Constitution of the United States.
This is a formal essay, but I want you to summarize and analyze these questions in your own words. I want you to explain how you understand these issues. The materials I provide give you plenty of background, but I’m not looking for an essay filled with quotations. I want you to read the background, think about these questions, and then provide your own best understanding.
You may submit your essay as text entry, a URL (for example, to a Google doc), or as a document file.
Below are the materials provided:
The following articles discuss the influence of the Great Law of PeaceLinks to an external site. on the US Constitution.
https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy/
https://www.history.com/news/iroquois-confederacy-influence-us-constitution
The Iroquoian peoplesLinks to an external site. were a group of tribes who spoke closely related languages, and at the time of contact inhabited and controlled large parts of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. More commonly the term IroquoisLinks to an external site. refers to a confederationLinks to an external site. of five, and later six tribes. In more recently scholarship we find the term HaudenosauneeLinks to an external site.,
