Re: Deganawida, the Haudenosaunee Great Peacemaker
David Dalton <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:28:24 -0330
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On Nov 17, 2025, David Dalton wrote (in article<[email protected]>): > The Great Peacemaker Deganawida or Tekanawí:ta, > responsible for the founding of the Haudenosaunee, > also called the Iroquois Confederacy, is discussed on > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Peacemaker . It links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigonhsasee which says at the end: "Some scholars have suggested that the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy influenced colonists who drafted the U.S. Constitution, and while there is no academic consensus on this, the United States Senate passed a resolution in 1988 acknowledging the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations' influence." -- https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "Mary walks down to the water's edge and there she hangs Her head to find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)