Agriculture as the Foundation of Early Native Governmental Structures | Native America: Nature to Nations

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Keywords
Native America nature to nations Haudenosaunee confederacy democracy United States government political class archaeology anthropology indigenous culture indigenous government elections domesticated plants Haudenosaunee Iroquois Iroquois Confederacy Iroquois League League of the Five Nations Hiawatha wampum belt Hiawatha belt tribal government American democracy confederacy confederal system representative democracy Indian corn maize Indian maize indigenous peoples indigenous foods Native American foods farming methods agrarian societies botany domesticated plants domesticated corn Maya Mayan civilization Mayan government Indigenous Peoples First Nations
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Civic Education Civic and Political Institutions History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Agriculture as the Foundation of Early Native Governmental Structures | Native America: Nature to Nations

Learn how growing corn helped the Haudenosaunee and Maya develop their respective confederated governments. Students will examine how companion plant cultivation developed by the Haudenosaunee and Mayan tribes led to greater understandings of cooperative government.
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