Was the American political system influenced by native tribes?

by Himynameispill

I recently read that there are a lot of parallels between Iroquois' power structures and the American ones, which seems to imply the first influenced the latter. Are there any sources that corroborate this?

jschooltiger

Hi there, while you wait for a specific answer on this you may be interested in these past threads about the Iroquois. Since some of these are archived, feel free to ask follow up questions here by referencing usernames, like "hey /u/jschooltiger can you tell me more about _____"

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/26bafx/how_did_the_iroquois_confederacys_system_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pzuyu/how_sophisticated_was_the_iroquois_confederations/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/385g71/my_mother_insists_that_the_us_constitution_was/