Tribal democracy exhibited a clan council and elected headmen. The headmen (elected by women where there were matrilineal clans, as amongst the Iroquois Tribes) met at a central tribal council, surrounded by a warriors’ assembly. Unanimity was demanded in all decision-making. The war chiefs and the Shaman had power, but were restrained by the clan headman.
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Glassman, R. M. (2019). Democracy and Despotism in Tribal Society. In The Future of Democracy (pp. 7–14). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16111-8_2
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