HISTORY OF RELATIONS WITH OUR BROTHERS: 1613 to Today

Chief Irving Powless Jr and Dr. Robert Venables (retired professor of Native American Studies at Cornell) have formed a relationship over the past 30+ years. Here are some of the issues that they discuss.

TIMOTHY PICKERING AT CANANDAIGUA: Wampum, hunting rights, and the continuity of the covenenant chain. 8/25/11

THE PROMISES OF FOREIGN AID : Made by President George Washington to the Haudenosaunee - As published in the American State Papers. 8/19/11

GOVERNOR GEORGE CLINTON'S PROMISES: What the State of New York Really Owes the Onondagas. 8/19/11

POLISHING THE SILVER COVENANT CHAIN: A Brief History of Some of the Symbols and Metaphors in Haudenosaunee Treaty Negotiations. 7/14/11