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The online web resource that I will be writing about is "The Six Nations, oldest living Participatory Democracy on Earth". The Six Nations was also known as the Iroquois Confederacy. The meaning of the nation was "People Building a Long House". The people were located in the Northeastern region of North America. In the beginning the six nations began with five the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayuga’s, and Seneca’s. The final and sixth nation was the Tuscarora’s. All together this was oldest living participatory democracy on earth. During this time in 1776 American independence was debated. The continental Congress invited the Iroquois chiefs into the town hall meeting. The Americans looked at the Chiefs as there brothers and had a friendship with them, and wanted the relationship to continue. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson gained most of their information from the Six Nations. The speech given on June 11, 1776 from the Americans and the Iroquois Act was about “as one people, and have but one heart”. From this speech a Chief requested permission to give Hanocock an Indian name. The congress agreed and consented. The president was renamed “Karanduawn, or the Great Tree.

Resources:

 http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/

http://www.nativevillage.org/Archives/2011%20Archives/NOV%20News/Six%20Nations%20The%20Oldest%20Living%20Participatory%20Democracy%20on%20Earth.htm