WhatarethecausesoftheAmericanRevolution.pptVIP

Iroquois Confederacy Created by Kellie Ross-Johnson Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections Who are the Iroquois? Use the link below and find out who they were and what their name means Facts for Kids: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Indians What does their name tell you about what they considered important in life? Work in groups to identify how the following documents show evidence of democracy. How does this document show evidence of democracy? The Hiawatha Wampum Belt symbolizes the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy. Each square represents an Iroquois Nation. On the far right is the Mohawk Nation - The Keepers of the Eastern Door. On the far left is the Seneca Nation - The Keepers of the Western Door.? The two younger brothers, the Oneida and Cayuga are in between. The central fire, represented by a tree is the Onondaga Nation. The? Tuscarora Nation joined the Iroquois Confederacy in the 1700s so they are not represented in the earlier Hiawatha belt.  Read the Iroquois Pledge of Allegiance and list evidence on how it shows evidence of democracy I pledge allegiance to my TribeTo the democratic principles ofthe RepublicAnd to the individual freedomsBorrowed from the Iroquois and Choctaw Confederacies,As incorporated in the UnitedStates Constitution,So that my forefathersShall not have died in vain. How does this show evidence of democracy? THE LONGHOUSE AND SYMBOLISM Today when you see a picture drawn of a longhouse, the artist usually draws the longhouse with 5 smoke holes in the roof.? The artist does this to symbolically represent the founding of the Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) Confederacy, which originally included? Five Nations.? The Five Nations are as follows: The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.? These Five Nations accepted the Great Law of Peace from the Peacemaker and