Gayanashagowa or the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee) Six Nations is the oral constitution that created the Iroquois Confederacy. The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the "League of Peace and Power" the "Five Nations" the "Six Nations" or the "People of the Longhouse The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the "League of Peace and Power" the "Five Nations" the "Six Nations" or the "People of the Longhouse The law was developed by a Huron man known as The Great Peacemaker and his spokesman Hiawatha. "Huron" redirects here For other uses see Huron (disambiguation. The Great Peacemaker, sometimes referred to as Deganawida or "Dekanawida" (although as a mark of respect some Iroquois avoid referring to him by this name Hiawatha (also known as Ayenwatha or Haiëñ'wa'tha; Onondaga) who lived (depending on the version of the story in the 1100s 1400s or 1500s he Member Nations ratified this constitution near present day Victor, New York.
The Iroquois Confederacy was once thought to have started in the 1500s, but more recent estimates date the confederacy, and its constitution between 1090 and 1150 CE. These estimates were based on the records of the confederacy leadership and astronomical dating related to the lunar eclipse that coincided with the founding of the Confederacy [1].
According to some researchers, history professor Dr. Donald A. Grinde in particular, the Gayanashagowa is said to have provided significant inspiration to Benjamin Franklin and James Madison in the writing of the United States Constitution. Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. James Madison Jr (March 16 1751 – June 28 1836 was an American Politician, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817 and one of the Founding The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. Other specialists, such as Jack Rakove of Stanford University, note the lack of documentation to support this view.
Notes
- ^ Mann 2005, p. 332
References
- Mann, Charles C. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. 1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author Charles C New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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