WashingtonPost: Anniversary recalls water a sacred souce of life. … [Read more...] about In the News – 7/31/13
Archives for July 2013
In the News – 7/29/13
Two Row Wampum Renewal: Epic canoe trip; Day 1. Albany Times Union: Pictures of the Two Row launch. Syracuse.com: Haudenosaunee canoes reach Hudson. … [Read more...] about In the News – 7/29/13
The Two Row Wampum Campaign
The Haudenosaunee and Friends celebrate a long honored treaty between the Haudenosaunee and the Dutch. … [Read more...] about The Two Row Wampum Campaign
In the News – 7/27/13
Times Union: Honoring a neglected past . … [Read more...] about In the News – 7/27/13
Guswenta and the Covenant Chain
Dr. Robert Venables There have been many treaties and agreements between the Haudenosaunee and the European nations. Guswenta (Two Row Wampum) and the Covenant Chain of Peace were the first of these agreements. The Guswenta or Two Row Wampum is a metaphor for how the European newcomers and the Haudenosaunee mutually agreed to live in peace while pursuing parallel but … [Read more...] about Guswenta and the Covenant Chain
In the News – 7/24/13
Syracuse.com: Two Row Wampum Agreement real even though written treaty fake. … [Read more...] about In the News – 7/24/13
The Onondaga Nation and the Colbert Report
One of the late night political humor shows, Colbert Report, referenced the Onondaga Nation. Host Steven Colbert uses humor to make fun of the American political process. For instance, to illustrate the lunacy of the Supreme Court’s decision that business are people and have a voice in government, he created his own Super Pack raising millions of dollars not to run for … [Read more...] about The Onondaga Nation and the Colbert Report