Native America

Native America

They say that

 “You cannot teach old dog new tricks!”

“I must now disagree!"

This has been buried in the back of my mind for over 40 years?

I watched this series on TV and 

once again my poor little brain was rattled 

back to yet another memory!

Watch and learn on 10/23-30 pm?

SERIES PREMIERE: NATIVE AMERICA  

(Tuesdays, 

October 23-30, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET 

and 

November 13, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET)

At the intersection of modern science and Native knowledge is a new vision of the world created by America’s First Peoples. 

NATIVE AMERICA reaches back 15,000 years to reveal cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and spirituality, 100 million people connected by social networks spanning two continents, and a past whose story has for too long remained untold.

Symbolism Of 2 Governments

As colonial leaders such as 

Ben Franklin an Thomas Jefferson 

visited with the Haudenosaunee. 

At these meetings, the chiefs discussed how our government works. 

These meetings provided a framework for the 13 colonies 

to form a similar alliance to be free. 

The old ones said, 

that the new government borrowed 

these symbols 

because they had none of their own.

White House Onondaga wampum belts

Onondaga wampum belts

meaning of the Onondaga wampum belts

The flag of the Iroquois represents the Hiawatha wampum belt.

The belt is comprised of thirty eight rows, having a heart as a great tree in the center, on either side there are two squares, all are connected with the heart by white rows of wampum. 

The belt is the emblem of unity among the Five Nations.

The first square on the left represents the Mohawk Nation, Keeper of the Eastern Door.

The inner square on the left, nearest the heart represents the Oneida Nation. 

The white tree in the middle represents the Onondaga Nation. 

This tree also means that the heart of the Five Nations is single in loyalty to the Great Law of Peace. 

The Great Peace is lodged in the heart, meaning that the Haudenosaunee council fire is to burn at Onondaga, serving as the capitol of the Haudenosaunee. 

It also means that the authority is given to advance the cause of peace. 

The inner square to the right of the heart represents the Cayuga Nation. 

The last square, the one furthest to the right represents the Seneca Nation, known as Keeper of the Western Door.