Eclipse: No connection to Haudenosaunee Confederacy founding By Lynda Powless Editor When the darkness began the Royanni gathered under a white pine tree. As the darkness began to ebb and the sun light began to shine, the oldest democracy in the world, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, was formed. During an eclipse over a thousand years ago peace came to the Haudenosaunee. At least that’s what a number of non-native scholars would have the world believe. While Cayuga subchief and Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council secretary Leroy Hill encourages people to watch the eclipse safely he says there is no connection to celestial event and the formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council (HCC). He says the only reference to an eclipse and the HCCC came from early writings of non-native scholars trying to figure…
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