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land bridge between russia and north america
covered by the bering sea after the ice age
it was a vast grassland with dry winters and mild summers
bison, mastadon, etc
searching for this is what led the first humans across beringia to north america
most of these from the prehistoric age are now extinct
shells used as currency by native americans
part of the legend of how the iroquois came together
in the legend, wampum belts represent words of condolence, and a belt is given to each iroquois nation to create the iroquois confederacy
turned the iroquois from enemies to friends in the League of the iroquois, with help from a holy man named Deganawidah.
hiawatha had the vision about wampum shells
“the peacemaker“
he met hiawatha in the woods and gave him wampum belts to console him
they then took the belts to each iroquois nation as a message of peace
the iroquois nation, how they joined together to keep good relations
created by hiawatha and degandawida (aka “the peacemaker“)
the model for federalism, separation of powers, and participatory democracy, inspired the founding fathers.
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