Hiawatha, Ben Franklin and the United States Constitution
The Iroquois Confederacy, or the Five Nations as the British called them, were five united tribes that as a confederacy were stronger than the sum of their parts. The Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga and Seneca were united through the efforts of Hiawatha. Hiawatha, an Onondaga adopted by the Mohawk, was born around 1525 and became…