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The Haudenosaunee/Iroquois people had a unique and innovative government that inspired many government systems such as the americans. Even though they were not the first representative democracy they had many ideas that no one else had, such as women having a role and checks and balances. This unique government structure had a story behind it for how it was formed.

A long time ago all the Haudenosaunee tribes were at war. One man named the great peacemaker wanted to stop this fighting and make peace. While travelling he met the leaders of the Onondaga. One of them named Hiawatha loved his message of peace and helped spread it, but another one named Tadadaho who was evil and hated peace. The great peacemaker showed his message of peace by easily breaking 1 arrow(representing 1 tribe) and tying 5 arrows(5 tribes together) together and they could not budge. He then convinced Tadadaho by promising the Onondaga nation will be the capital of this new confederacy. After making peace, they unplanted a tree, placed all their weapons in it and replanted it. After this they formed their government and worked together as one nation.

The Haudenosaunee’s government was unique compared to the rest of the world, since they had no all powerful executive branch. The Haudenosaunee were divided into 2 roles, the Clan mother and the Clan Hoyenah. The clan mother was the one more in charge of the clan day to day operations, but her main role was to be more like a judge, and the Hoyenah was the representative of the clan onto the grand council. This way of government was unique, as there was no all controlling authority and everyone lived in the same living conditions.

The Iroquois also had many checks and balances in their government which stopped any one branch of government from being too powerful.