Paiute Lands

Democracy in the Early Americas

By: Robert Lundahl

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Hardcover | 16 March 2026

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Conversations with Matthew Leivas Sr. (Chemehuevi Hereditary Chief) and others.

"The American experiment didn't begin in Philadelphia-it was already thousands of years old."

While history acknowledges the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) influence on the formative democratic traditions of the United States, a parallel truth remains hidden in the vast expanses of the West. Across four states, the lands of the Paiute and Chemehuevi held a sophisticated, egalitarian governance structure long before the arrival of the first European settlers.

Through a series of unblinking conversations with Chemehuevi Hereditary Chief Matthew Leivas Sr. and other tribal leaders, this work uncovers a democratic nation that existed before and within a nation. These were self-governing bodies united by common beliefs, shared values, and deep family structures-a diaspora now engaged in a modern-day Reconstruction. This is the forensic record of a people reclaiming their originative principles, proving that the roots of American consensus are buried deep in the desert soil of the Great Basin.

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