S06E12: How The Revolutionary War Reshaped Haudenosaunee Governance

We talk with Tom Porter about how colonization and the Revolutionary War reshaped Mohawk and Haudenosaunee leadership, identity, and survival, including the complicated legacy of Joseph Brant. We also work through what decolonization looks like on the ground: restoring trust, practicing restraint, and making room for condolence and real apologies.discovering family lineage connected to Joseph Brant and the Mohawk kingsleadership based on natural ability versus European bureaucracychurch pressure on matrilineal clan systems and the shift toward inherited titlesdecolonization as retrieval of original instructions without shaming peoplethe “rattlesnake skin” metaphor for leadership without lifewhy Longhouse relationships are not faith-based but livedredefining “warrior” as carrying ancestors forward through ceremony and protection“rattlesnake people” ethics of warning, restraint, and defensecolonization tactics through trade, alcohol, courts, and fearfactional conflict at Akwesasne and choosing reconciliation over escalationcondolence as healing practice and the power of a direct apologyIf you like this episode, review it on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If so, please check our website at podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org for more information. Support the showView the transcript and show notes at podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org.  Learn more about the Doctrine of Discovery on our site DoctrineofDiscovery.org.