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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Joseph Brant Belt

Reproduction: Wampum Shop

 

Original Size:	Length (?): 19.75 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Rows: 8.
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"The two squares at either end of the belt are symbols of the council fires of the British Crown and the Iroquois Confederacy. It is believed that when John Brant was elected to the Provincial Legislature for Haldimand in 1823, the Confederacy Council was concerned he might want to reform the government. This belt reflects the separation of these two forms of government and was given to John Brant to continue to remind him of his responsibility to the Confederacy." 

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