I chose to review the source entitled, The Six Nations; Oldest Living participatory Democracy on Earth.  This source provides specific examples that clearly show what influence the Six Nations had on what is now the United States of America. The Six Nations, also called the Iroquois Confederacy, is comprised of the Mohawks, Onondaga, Oneidas, Cayuga’s, Seneca’s, and the Tuscarora. This confederacy of nations was an inspirational example to the representative democracy formed by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Although not mentioned in our history books, Native chiefs were amongst the attendees of the Continental Congress during talks of independence.

                Another major example of the progress that Native Americans made long before the “United States” laid a claim in history, is women’s rights. History books teach us that the women’s suffrage movement and success is a credit to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  This however, had been established among the Iroquois women centuries before. 

                This source shows us so many examples of how progressive The Six Nations was, long before the influence of Europeans.  The Iroquois Confederacy really is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. While our history books do teach us a series of events that occurred, it completely leaves out the truth about how established and deeply rooted Native American culture really was in North America. This source provides excellent examples that support this idea.