The Iroquois Constitution Purposes And Principles

Before the Europeans came to Canada, Natives had their own culture, traditions and norms. These differences were obvious to the Europeans who sailed to Canada, their interactions with the Native peoples proved these vast differences. One major difference noted was that the Iroquois organized their societies on different lines than did the patrilineal western Europeans. Iroquois women “by virtue of her functions as wife and mother, exercised an influence but little short of despotic, not only in the wigwam but also around the council fire.” “She indeed possessed and exercised all civil and political power and authority. The country, the land, the fields with their harvests and fruits belonged to her … her plans and wishes modeled the policy and inspired the decisions of council.” The Europeans were astounded by this way of life.

     The Constitutions of both the Iroquois and the United States have similarities and differences between them. The Iroquois constitution came earlier in history than the U.S one did. Some of the same ideas that were in the Iroquois’ constitution were carried over to some of the ideas that we use in our government today. In this paper I will compare and contrast these ideas as they relate with one another. Ideas like Vito Power, When a Leader Gets Sick, 3 Branches of Government, A Bicameral Legislature, and impeachment are portrayed in both of these constitutions.

William Bradford and Dekanawida were similar in many ways. Both were leaders in history, and used their skills to unite people. Bradford helped organize and govern the Plymouth Colony. Dekanawida organized and united five tribes through the Iroquois Constitution. Although they belonged to do very different cultures and societies, they had many similarities. Bradford and Dekanawida shared a common philosophy, rulemaking process, and belief in destiny.

Once they signed the treaty they had two years to leave or be forcefully moved by the army.The author was put in the army that was taking the Cherokees on the trail of tears since he could talk fluently to the Indians.

1). The reason for the construction of the Iroquois confederacy, or the league of the Iroquois, (Haudenosaunee) was the impeding factor of disunity between the tribes. Hienwatha, a Mohawk Iroquois, lived in Ontario and observed the disunity between the Iroquois tribes. In an attempt to unify the nations, he approached rival tribes and argued the benefits of unification. Initially, his idea is shut down by the elders of each tribe. The changing climate that started to occur, however, increased confrontations between tribes. Hienwatha yet again tries to explain to the Iroquois people about the possibility of peace and is rejected again. He then alludes the nations to a weaved belt of wampum shells which supposedly illustrated the connectedness of the five Iroquois nations. He traveled among the nations, of which all then supported the idea of unity, and was able to form a seemingly impenetrable force.

The Iroquois has some relevance to the United States vision which is not so surprising. The initial farmers of the American document of securing the Nation were inspired by the Iroquois attemp’s. Franklin was the one who circulated Iroquois ideas to other farmers in the early mid 1700’s. John Rutledge (Delegate) from South Carolina was the one who studied the work intently and advocated that the introduction would be part of the American version “We the people, to form a union, to establish piece, equality, and order..” The levels of similaritites between both of the documents are interesting, for example, Article 37 of the Iroquois constitution states; “There shall be one war chief from each nation, their duties shall be to carry messages

In 1776, the thirteen British colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. The colonies then had to establish a government that would be the framework for the United States of America. In 1787, after the first governmental plan of the United States known as the Articles of Confederation was unsuccessful in the colonies, the United States Constitution was formed. The purpose of the Constitution was to establish a strong form of government following the failure of the Articles of Confederation. The original Constitution did not directly address the rights of individuals. It consists of seven articles that give attention to legislative power, executive power, judicial power, power of states, amendments, federal power and ratification.

The war was fought between the British and The French, as I stated, but it wasn’t just them, local native americans helped the two colonists. “What tribes helped these two?” You might ask, well, the British colonists were helped by the Iroquois Indians, and The French were helped by the Hurons

The Iroquois League, with the name ¨Iroquois¨ given from the French, were a Confederacy of tribes. They reside in the northeast part of America, with six tribes in that area: the first five of the tribes being the Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Oneida, with the sixth tribe, Tuscarora, joining later joining the Iroquois League. In Iroquois, each tribe represents their own local government with their respective, elected chiefs. Whenever these chiefs need to consult in regards of major issues for the Five Nations at the time, they would attend the meeting called the Iroquois Council. The tribes from a larger village dwell in longhouses, which were long, rectangular houses made of wood, with some being a bit over one hundred feet. There

The Iroquois was named by the French,but they wanted to be called the Haudenosaunee meaning people of the longhouse. The British called them the five nations. They lived in longhouses. They reached over 100 feet in length and could hold up to 60 people in one longhouse.

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Iroquois method of governing rests on the inclusion of every voice in the tribe into every decision. Every decision, therefore, is preceded by a lengthy public discussion, which must result in consensus. If one cannot be reached yet, the issue is dismissed until it becomes topical again. Secret discussions or making important decisions in a hurry are unacceptable. Unanimous agreement between tribe members ensures that decisions are willingly fulfilled by people who have agreed that they are needed. This approach can prevent the need to enforce decisions and, thus, render executive governing branches redundant.