Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta
Title
Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta
Subject
Canada
history
Indigenous peoples
treaty
Two Row Wampum
Description
The following description is adapted from Onondaga Nation, People of the Hills, "Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta", online: http://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/two-row-wampum-belt-guswenta/
Two rows of blue, each symbolizing a different nation. Separated and surrounded by three rows of white; one for peace, another for friendship and the last for forever. This is what was built into the Two Row Wampum, an agreement made between the Haudenosaunee and the Dutch upon European arrival in North America. The Wampum ensured that Europeans and First Nations, while living side by side on the same land, would refrain from interfering in each other’s nations.
Creator
Haudenosaunee Nation and Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (the Dutch Republic)
Source
Onondaga Nation, People of the Hills, "Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta", online: http://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/two-row-wampum-belt-guswenta/
Publisher
Onondaga Nation, People of the Hills, online: http://www.onondaganation.org/
Date
1613
Rights
Image (c) Onondaga Nation
Relation
nondaga Nation, People of the Hills, "Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta", online: http://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/two-row-wampum-belt-guswenta/
Format
image file/jpeg
Language
Symbolic
Type
Wampum belt
Original Format
Wampum
Files
Citation
Haudenosaunee Nation and Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (the Dutch Republic), “Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta,” Exhibits, accessed December 30, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2478.