Wednesday, March 13, 2013 – 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center – Room 100
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Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper Oren Lyons is the featured speaker. An internationally-recognized
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$5 suggested donation – no one turned away
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Event co-sponsored by NYPIRG, CRREO, Students for Sustainable Agriculture
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Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign
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Building Circles of Trust
“Building Circles of Trust – The Economic Theory of the Algonquin People”
A Talk by Evan Pritchard
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Sunday, February 24th, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, New York
212. 477.0351
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Evan will expand on themes of “trust” from his landmark talk “Circles of Trust” given at St. Mary’s Church in Harlem, last November. He will talk about traditional Algonquin Way of the Heron,” as well as contemporary social movements including “Idle No More” in Canada, and the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign in New York State. The service will be followed by a “talk-back” Q and A session.
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Evan Pritchard of Mi’kmaq and Celtic descent, is the author of the critically acclaimed books, No Word For Time, Native American Stories of the Sacred, Native New Yorkers, and its sequel, Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York. As founder and director of the Center for Algonquin Culture in Woodstock/Pine Hill, he has worked with countless elders to help preserve the ancient history of North America. Evan has taught Native American studies courses at Marist, Vassar, and at Pace University, and lectures widely across the Eastern US and Canada. His latest book is Bird Medicine: The Importance of Birds in Native American Spiritual Traditions— and Why They are More Endangered Than Ever Before. He is currently working on an interactive educational DVD/film/ebook on Anishinabe musical and cultural traditions for Global Voices.
Two Row Campaign at Judson Memorial Church
Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign at Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, New York
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Starting Sunday January 27th,11:00am, Judson will be hosting a series of Native American Testimonies on the last Sunday of every month, as part of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign. The first guest speakers will offer poetry and information on the campaign.
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Firewolf Bizahaloni-Wong is Dine’ (Navajo & Apache) and her clans are Bitter Water born for Red Clay. Her father, Jimmie Bidziil Bizahaloni, was a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Indians of All Nations that took over Alcatraz Island in 1969. A lifelong activist, Firewolf became a member of AIM as a teenager, has been part of the Black Mesa Coalition since it’s inception, and is a co-founder of Native Resistance Network.
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Sally Bermanzohn, an ally of Indigenous rights, is active in the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, and a member of Native Resistance Network. Now retired, she taught social movements and Native American Studies at Brooklyn College, and wrote Through Survivors’ Eyes, and coauthored Violence and Politics: Globalization’s Paradox.
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The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign:
A partnership between the Onondaga Nation and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) is developing a broad alliance between the Haudenosaunee and their allies in New York and throughout the world. This statewide advocacy and educational campaign seeks to achieve justice by polishing the chain of friendship established in the first treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Dutch immigrants. Environmental cleanup and preservation, and opposition to hydro-fracking are the core components of the campaign.
Two Row History:
The Two Row Wampum belt is the symbolic record of the first agreement between Europeans and American Indian Nations on Turtle Island/North America. 2013 will mark the 400th anniversary of this first covenant, which forms the basis for the covenant chain of subsequent treaty relationships made by the Haudenosaunee and other Native Nations with settlers on this continent. The agreement outlines a mutual, three-part commitment to friendship, peace between peoples, and living in parallel forever (as long as the grass is green, as long as the rivers flow downhill and as long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west). Throughout the years, the Haudenosaunee have sought to honor this mutual vision and have increasingly emphasized that ecological stewardship is a fundamental prerequisite for this continuing friendship.
Symbolic Enactment:
A focal point of the year-long educational and advocacy Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign will be a symbolic “enactment” of the treaty in the summer of 2013. It will bring the treaty to life with Haudenosaunee and other Native People paddling side-by-side with allies and supporters down the Hudson River from Albany to New York City. These two equal, but separate rows will demonstrate the wise, yet simple concept of the Two Row Wampum Treaty.
Sharing the River of Life
Monday, February 11, 7 pm
Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse
Doors open at 6 pm for benefit silent auction which will continue after the presentation until 9:30 pm.
Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse
Doors open at 6 pm for benefit silent auction which will continue after the presentation until 9:30 pm.
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Traditional Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
by Tadadaho Sid Hill
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Presentation about the Two Row Wampum and the Covenant Chain of Treaties
by Chief Jake Edwards
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by Tadadaho Sid Hill
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Presentation about the Two Row Wampum and the Covenant Chain of Treaties
by Chief Jake Edwards
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Multi-media presentation about the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign
by Lindsay Speer and Hickory Edwards
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We are seeking donations of artwork, goods and services valued at $25 or more for the Silent Auction to benefit the Campaign. To learn more or offer to donate, contact Erica Schwabach, , Silent Auction Coordinator at ejschwab@syr.edu or (315) 868-0737.
by Lindsay Speer and Hickory Edwards
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We are seeking donations of artwork, goods and services valued at $25 or more for the Silent Auction to benefit the Campaign. To learn more or offer to donate, contact Erica Schwabach, , Silent Auction Coordinator at ejschwab@syr.edu or (315) 868-0737.
www.honorthetworow.org
www.peacecouncil.net/noon
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Check out our online fundraising campaign, going through January 15.
Imagine The River Filled With Hundreds of Canoes
Onondaga Chief Jake Edwards To Speak in New Paltz
Presentation: Honoring Native Treaties and Protecting the Earth
Wednesday, November 14 at 7 pm
New Paltz Community Center, 1 Veteran Drive & Route 32, New Paltz map
Onondaga Nation Chief Jake Edwards will speak about the history of the Haudenosaunee and their relations with immigrants to these shores. Organizers from the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign will talk about that 2013 campaign which will come through the Hudson Valley.
The Two Row Wampum Campaign is a statewide educational and advocacy campaign organized by the Onondaga Nation and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, a Syracuse-based community organization. 2013 is the 400th anniversary of the Two Row Wampum Treaty, the first treaty between the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Europeans. The treaty outlines a commitment to living in peace and friendship forever, meaning sustainably.
A symbolic enactment of the treaty, with Haudenosaunee and other native people paddling side-by-side with supporters down the Hudson River will start in Albany on July 28, 2013 and end in New York City on August 9. Passing through the Hudson Valley, the campaign is seeking support and organizational co-sponsorships in the region.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call NOON at 315-472-5478 or Sally Bermanzohn at 845-658-3805.
For more information please visit www.honorthetworow.org.
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Onondaga Land Rights
Onondaga Chiefs discuss legal actions to reclaim stolen NYS territory
Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 pm at the American Indian Community House 134 W. 29th Street, 4th Fl.
Oral arguments & vigil about stolen Onondaga land
Friday, Oct. 12 at 9:00 am at New York Law School, 185 W Broadway New York, NY [#1 to Franklin St.; A, C, E to Canal (south exit to Lispenard & Church); R to Canal (at Broadway); #2, 3 to Chambers St.; N, Q to Canal (west exit, furthest from Bklyn, to Broadway);
Oral argument of our Land Rights case against the State of New York for the illegal appropriation by New York State of our traditional territory some 200 years ago. This case has been very long in the making and is the Courtroom is apparently limited in space and we want to be sure to prioritize space for Onondaga people who come. We may hold a vigil outside the courtroom
Post-court legal debriefing
Friday, October 12th, 12 Noon at the American Indian Community House 134 W. 29th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001 212 598-0100; [ 134 W.29th St. btw 6th & 7th Aves.; transit: #1 train to 28 St. (at 7th); N, R to 28 St. (at Broadway); D, F, Q or weekday B or M to 34 St.-Herald Sq.; PATH to 33rd St.; #2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (at 7th Av.); A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (at 8th); NJ Transit or LIRR to NY Penn Sta.]Over lunch, there will be a de-briefing by legal team about what happened in court. For more information contact: Tonya Gonnella Frichner tonya@ailanyc.org
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ONONDAGA NATION LAND RIGHTS CASE AGAINST THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Onondaga Land Rights Support Actions!
The Onondaga Nation filed their historic Land Rights Action on March 11, 2005, seeking that the federal courts acknowledge the illegal taking of their land, and seeking “justice, reconciliation and healing” with their neighbors. Their case was dismissed on September 22, 2010. On February 28, leaders of the Onondaga Nation and Haudenosaunee Confederacy traveled to Washington, DC to announce the filing of the appeal of the Onondaga Land Rights Action. The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign is an effort to take their case to the people of New York State.
The Onondaga Nation leadership and citizens will be in New York City on Thursday [and Friday], October 11 and 12, 2012 for the scheduled oral argument of our Land Rights case against the State of New York for the illegal appropriation by New York State of our traditional territory some 200 years ago. This case has been very long in the making and is the critical second step in the search for justice by the Onondaga Nation. The first step in this process was the U.S. Federal Court which ruled against our claim and the third step may be the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral argument is open to the public and will be held in downtown Manhattan at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway at 9:00am. The Onondaga Nation community and our supporters, the Syracuse Peace Council and the Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) will be arriving by bus the morning of oral argument, Friday October 12. We welcome the New York City Native community and other supporters to attend this historical event, as well as a briefing by the Onondaga Chiefs, community and legal team at 7:30pm, Thursday October 11, the evening before oral argument as well as 12:00pm Friday October 12 after oral argument at AICH. The American Indian Community House has graciously offered their facilities and we are most grateful for their generosity and hospitality.
Please also consider:
-writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper(s) expressing (see suggested talking points)
-share this email with others
-spread word of the events on Facebook: Syracuse Vigil or New York City hearing
Thursday, October 11th, 7:30 pm at the American Indian Community House 134 W. 29th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001 212 598-0100 Public presentation by the Onondaga Chiefs and other leaders about the Onondaga Land Rights action and their Appeal Court
Friday, Oct. 12th at 9 am at New York Law School, 185 W Broadway New York, NY
People are invited to come out in support of the Onondaga, though the courtroom is apparently limited in space and we want to be sure to prioritize space for Onondaga people who come. We may hold a vigil outside the courtroom
Friday, October 12th, 12 Noon at the American Indian Community House 134 W. 29th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001 212 598-0100; Over lunch, there will be a de-briefing by legal team about what happened in court. For more information contact: Tonya Gonnella Frichner tonya@ailanyc.org
Honor the Two Row Treaty – Symbolic Enactment
Native Resistance Network is a proud sponsor of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, a partnership between the Onondaga Nation and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON). They are developing a broad alliance between the Haudenosaunee and their allies in New York and throughout the world. Their statewide advocacy and educational campaign seeks to achieve justice by “polishing” the chain of friendship established in the first treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Dutch immigrants. Environmental cleanup and preservation is a core component of their campaign.
The Two Row Treaty (pictured above) is a belt of wampum beads. The two parallel rows of purple beads represent the courses of the Native canoe and the non-Native sailing ship. The treaty depicted an agreement that both peoples would travel together in their respective vessels as brothers in the river of friendship. We’d remain on parallel courses, meaning that neither group would attempt to steer the other’s vessel, or to make laws or set policies that would affect the lives of the other. We’d live side by side in the woodlands, without taking more than we needed. The treaty was made in 1613. It is a solemn agreement and the supreme law of the land.
2013 will mark the 400th Anniversary of this treaty. To honor this anniversary, we are being called upon to “polish the chain” of friendship and to stem the tide of damage being done to Mother Earth.
In Summer 2013, NOON and the Onondaga Nation will be staging a Symbolic Enactment of the Two Row Treaty, in which Haudenosaunee canoes and non-Native sailing ships will travel together down the Hudson River, ultimately arriving in New York City on August 9th, which is the UN’s Day of the World’s Indigenous People. In late July/early August, members of NOON and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy did a trial run of the Symbolic Enactment. Members of the Native Resistance Network, along with other Hudson Valley environmental activists, met the boats, canoes and kayaks at Kingston and Poughkeepsie, welcoming them with a pot luck supper.
We encourage you to visit the web sites of NOON and the Onondaga Nation, and to view the video “Brighten the Chain” (12 minutes) which the Onondaga put together to share information about their Land Rights Action. You can follow NOON on Twitter and like them on Facebook to receive future updates.
All photos of the Symbolic Enactment shown here are by Jeremy Schaller. See additional photos by Andrew Courtney here.
