> The place where the founding fathers of the US got the idea of separation of powers?
That would be a synergy of ideas primarily found in Polybius, Montesquieu, and the extant British constitution.
Not to discount the value of teaching about the political system of the Iroquois -- that's an interesting a valid topic to cover in school -- but it's not appropriate to attempt to link it to the US Constitution in a way that's wholly speculative and tenuous, and do so at the expense of properly teaching about the actual ideas that factored into the development of the constitution.
That would be a synergy of ideas primarily found in Polybius, Montesquieu, and the extant British constitution.
Not to discount the value of teaching about the political system of the Iroquois -- that's an interesting a valid topic to cover in school -- but it's not appropriate to attempt to link it to the US Constitution in a way that's wholly speculative and tenuous, and do so at the expense of properly teaching about the actual ideas that factored into the development of the constitution.