Volume 16 , Issue 42

NW Okie's Journey

Did you know that the "Founding Fathers" of the U.S. (especially Benjamin Franklin) were deeply influenced by the Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations) and the Great Law of Peace when they were crafting the U. S. Constitution?

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Walking With Sadie

Last week we had our cloudy, chilly days and our partly cloudy days, and the weekend shaped up into a slight warming trend with temperatures in the high 40's and low 50's in the southwest corner of Colorado, LaPlata county.

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1941, December 1941, Pearl Harbor Attack

The image is a view of Japanese torpedo attack on Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor at about 0800 on 7 December 1941. Views from a Japanese aircraft. Ships are, from lower left to right: Nevada (BB-36) with flag raised at stern; Arizona (BB-39) with Vestal (AR-4) outboard; Tennessee (BB-43) with West Virginia (BB-48) outboard; Maryland (BB-46) with Oklahoma (BB-37) outboard; Neosho (AO-23) and California (BB-44). West Virginia, Oklahoma and California have been torpedoed, as marked by ripples and spreading oil, and the first two are listing to port. Torpedo drop splashes and running tracks are visible at left and center.

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Iroquois Confederacy of Nations & U.S. Constitution

Did you know that the foundation of the United States Constitution comes from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?

When you were in school, did any of your history teachers ever mention the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the U.S. Constitution?

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Haudenosaunee (ho-dun-oh-SHO-nee) Confederacy

The name Huadenosaunee, (pronounced "ho-dun-oh-SHO-nee") is the name the people used for themselves, and translates as "the people of the longhouse."

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Iroquois (Huadenosaunee) People

We find that the Iroquois people are/were indigenous to the northeast region of what is now the United States and parts of Canada. But the name (like many Native American tribal names) was not a name the people knew themselves by, but a French word applied to them and was likely an insult.

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Constitution of the Iroquois Nations

We find The Great Binding Law, Gayanashagowa on this Constitution Societywebsite, concerning the Constitution of the Iroquois Nations.

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1907, August - Necessity of Opening Pearl Harbor To Commerce

It was in The Hawaiian Gazette, 27 August 1907, page 3, that we found the following headlines: Urge Necessity of Opening Pearl Harbor To Commerce. Business men were unanimous in endorsing a project and urging necessity for haste.

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