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Indigenous Peoples' Literature

Dalai Lama on responsibility World Peace Day 1997

We are being drawn together by the grave problems of overpopulation, dwindling natural resources, and an environmental crisis that threaten the very foundation of our existence on this planet. Human rights, environmental protection and great social and economic equality are all interrelated. I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

This need for co-operation can only strengthen humankind, because it helps us to recognize that the most secure foundation for a new world order is not simply broader political and economic alliances, but each individual's genuine practice of love and compassion. These qualities are the ultimate source of human happiness, and our need for them lies at the very core of our being. The practice of compassion is not idealistic, but the most effective way to pursue the best interests of others as well as our own. The more we become interdependent the more it is in our own interest to ensure the well-being of others."

Democracy and the Iroquois: a Bibliography

RESOURCES ON IROQUOIS DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

BOOKS

A Basic Call to Consciousness: The Haudenosaunee Address to the Western World Akwesasne Notes, Mohawk Nation, via Rooseveltown, NY 13686; 1978; $5.95+p&h

The White Roots of Peace by Dr. Paul A.W. Wallace Chauncy Press, Turtle Pond Rd., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 $8.95+p&h

The Dragon and the Ice Castle: Rediscovery of Sacred Space in the Finger Lakes by David Yarrow, 1989 Turtle Publications, P.O. Box 91, Camden, NY 13316 $9.95+p&h

Indian Roots of American Democracy editted by Jose Barreiro, 1988 Northeast Indian Quarterly, Vol IV. No. 4 American Indian Studies Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 $10+p&h

Iroquois Land Claims editted by Vecsey & Starna, 1988 Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 13244

Indian Givers, How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford, 1988 Crown Publishers, 225 Park Av., NY, NY 10003 $17.50+p&h

The Constitution of the Five Nations, or The Iroquois Book of the Great Law of Peace by Arthur C. Parker, 1915 (reprinted 1984) Iroqrafts Ltd, RR #2, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada N0A 1M0 ISBN-0-919645-00-3

Wilderness Messiah, The Story of Hiawatha and the Iroquois by Thomas R. Henry, 1955 William Sloane Assoc., NY

Woman, Church and State by Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1893 Persephone Press, P.O. Box 7222, Watertown, MA 02172 $7.95+p&h

Wisdomkeepers: Encounters with Native American Spiritual Elders by Wall & Arden, 1990 $39.95+p&h

Forgotten Founders: How the American Indian Helped Shape Democracy by Bruce E. Johansen, 1982 Harvard Common Press ISBN 0-916782-90-5; $8.95+p&h

Wampum Belts & Peace Trees: George Morgan, Native American & Revolutionary Diplomacy by Gregory Schaaf, PhD, 1990 Fulcrum Publishing ISBN 1-5591-064-5; $27.95+p&h

ARTICLES

Indians Trace the Roots of Constitution by Tim Johnson in Daybreak, Native American World Views, Vol. 1 No. 1 P.O. Box 255, Gowanda, NY 14070, $12/year

Democracy and a Constitution by Bruce E. Johansen, Assoc. Prof. of Communication, Univ. of Nebraska in Turtle Quarterly, Winter 1988, 25 Rainbow Mall, Niagara Falls, NY 14303; $10/year

Democracy from an Eagle Eye View by Prof. Donald A. Grinde, Jr., Gettysburg College in Akwesasne Notes Mohawk Nation, via Rooseveltown, NY 13683; $8/year

Iroquoian Political Concept & the Genesis of American Government: Further Research and Contentions by Prof. Donald A. Grinde, Jr. and The Founding Fathers: Choosing to be the Romans by Robert W. Venables both in Northeast Indian Quarterly, Vol. VI No. 4 Winter 1989 by the American Indian Program 300 Caldwell Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; $12/year

The Root of Oppression is the Loss of Memory: The Iroquois and the Early Feminist Vision by Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD, 1988 in Iroquois Women: An Anthology, edited by Wm. Guy Spittal 1990 Iroqrafts Ltd, RR #2, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada N0A 1M0 ISBN 0-919645-18-6

The Iroquois Confederacy: Native American Model for Non-Sexist Men by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner in Amerrikua, Land of the Winds, Vol. 6 No. 4 Schuyler Falls, NY 12985; $15/year

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