The Foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy
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The page is here:
https://earthsky.org/space/solar-eclipse-marks-beginning-of-iroquois-confederacy
"What really attracted my attention was that a total, or near total, solar eclipse marked the beginning of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the oldest living democracy in North America and possibly on Earth. American democracy is said to have been modeled upon the democratic ideals of the Iroquois Confederacy, which originally consisted of five nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca). The sixth nation – the Tuscarora – joined the Iroquois Confederacy in the early eighteenth century (1701-1800). "
in response to James's post here: https://todon.nl/@OglalaWarriorAW/103319240100296760