Title:
Iroquois Constitution: a forerunner to colonists' democratic principles
Subjects:
Albany Congress (1754 : Albany, N.Y.)
Iroquois Indians
Iroquois Constitution
United States. Constitution
Iroquois Indians
Iroquois Constitution
United States. Constitution
Object ID:
scr-026-012
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
New York Times
Pubication Date:
1987
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
The Onondaga (part of the Iroquois Confederacy) say the tribe has had a constitution since the 16th century. Peace, justice, and the power of the good mind were their three main principles. Their constitution preceded the American Constitution by more than a century. Benjamin Franklin touted the Iroquois constitution at the Albany Congress in 1754. Professor Oren Lyons, a chief of the Onondaga and associate professor at SUNY-Buffalo and John Mohawk, a Seneca from the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation spearhead efforts to gather evidence to prove this theory, and hope to publish a book.;
People:
Canassatego
Mohawk, John C., 1945-2006
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lyons, Oren
Mohawk, John C., 1945-2006
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lyons, Oren
Search Terms:
Albany Congress
Iroquois
Iroquois Constitution
U.S. Constitution
Iroquois
Iroquois Constitution
U.S. Constitution