Articles for tag: cultural contributions, democratic foundations, early America, Iroquois Confederacy, Native American influence

5 Contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy That Influenced Modern American Democracy

You might be surprised to learn that the blueprint for American democracy wasn’t solely crafted in dusty European libraries or drawn exclusively from ancient Greek philosophers. Long before the Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia to debate the future of a new nation, something remarkable was already thriving on this continent. A sophisticated system of government ...