Photographs (left to right): Metamorphic coastline, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Sumac, Rush, NY; Blue Ridge Parkway, VA

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Hodinöhsö:ni´ Belt

Graphic Reconstruction

Richard D. Hamell

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Description:

This belt represents an alliance between the Nations. Also known as the Council Fire of the Six Nations, the white row between the two squares signifies the  path of peace from on Nation's territory and its own governing body to the other.

Reference:

Bardeau, Eileen Wms., Edited by Jaré Cardinal, 2010. Definitive Seneca: It's In The Word by Published by Seneca-Iroquois National Museum.