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.
A Brief Analysis of: The State of New York’s Obligations to the Haudenosaunee under Federal U.S. Treaties. 9/21/12
AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1613 TAWAGONSHI TREATY: In 2012, the Haudenosaunee and their non-Native supporters were in the midst of planning a commemoration of the 1613 Tawagonshi Treaty when the treaty was questioned by William Starna and Charles Gehring in a series of e-mails and letters to scholars and public officials; here is the analsis. 9/9/12
Timothy Pickering writes to President Washington about what 'White Man' is interpreted as by the Haudenosaunee. 8/29/12
William Johnson’s Claim to Lands Around Onondaga Lake
While William Johnson did have a claim to the lands around Onondaga Lake, this claim was nullified by the Patriots during the American Revolution. 7/15/12
HAUDENOSAUNEE HUNTING RIGHTS: Described by Colonel Timothy Pickering during the Negotiations that led to the Treaty of Canandaigua. 7/3/12
THE 1800 WILLIAM CLAUS WAMPUM BELT: Onondaga Historical Society returns Wampum to Onondagas. 6/16/12
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
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