Haudenosaunee | Women and Governance

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women’s fight for suffrage is a thousand years old. They have long enjoyed equity in governance while women in America are just now celebrating a century of suffrage. In this video featuring extended interview clips from New York Suffrage Stories, learn more about Haudenosaunee governance, and how the origins of American government are connected to this native culture.

This WNED PBS production premiered in February 2021.

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Major support for Discovering New York Suffrage Stories was provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor, by the Susan Howarth Foundation, and KeyBank in partnership with First Niagara Foundation. With additional funding from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation and Humanities New York.