Dr. Robert Venables There have been many treaties and agreements between the Haudenosaunee and the European nations. Guswenta (Two Row Wampum) and the Covenant Chain of Peace were the first of these agreements. The Guswenta or Two Row Wampum is a metaphor for how the European newcomers and the Haudenosaunee mutually agreed to live in peace while pursuing parallel but … [Read more...] about Guswenta and the Covenant Chain
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A Chronology Of Major Events Affecting The Onondagas Before And After The American Revolution 1763-1832
HISTORY OF RELATIONS WITH OUR BROTHERS Dr. Robert Venables Chief Irving Powless Jr and Dr. Robert Venables (retired professor of Native American Studies at Cornell) have formed a relationship over the past 30+ years. They would like to share information about the belt returned to the Onondaga’s last week. Read more of Chief Powless Jr & Dr. Venables’ essays. 1763: … [Read more...] about A Chronology Of Major Events Affecting The Onondagas Before And After The American Revolution 1763-1832
A Brief Analysis of the State of New York’s Obligations
Dr. Robert Venables In my opinion as a historian, New York State, as a subordinate government to the federal government of the United States, has three basic obligations under United States law: to implement the intent of federal United States treaties with the Haudenosaunee to implement the intent of two federal United States treaties with Great Britain which … [Read more...] about A Brief Analysis of the State of New York’s Obligations
An Analysis Of The 1613 Tawagonshi Treaty
HISTORY OF RELATIONS WITH OUR BROTHERS Dr. Robert Venables Chief Irving Powless Jr and Dr. Robert Venables (retired professor of Native American Studies at Cornell) have formed a relationship over the past 30+ years. Here are some of the issues that they discuss. Read more of Chief Powless Jr & Dr. Venables’ essays. AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1613 TAWAGONSHI TREATY By … [Read more...] about An Analysis Of The 1613 Tawagonshi Treaty
Timothy Pickering to George Washington, March 21, 1792
Dr. Robert Venables The negotiator Timothy Pickering of the Canandaigua Treaty wrote a letter to President Washington regarding an upcoming meeting that Pickering and Washington were to hold in Philadelphia with Haudenosaunee diplomats. Pickering wrote bluntly that: “Indians have been so often deceived by White people, that White Man is, among many of them, but … [Read more...] about Timothy Pickering to George Washington, March 21, 1792
Governor George Clinton’s Promises: What The State Of New York Really Owes The Onondagas
by Dr. Robert Venables The Treaty of 1788 and the Era Before the American Revolution (1760 to 1775) The negotiations that led to the 1788 treaty between the Onondagas and New York State were carried out within the context of re-establishing the pre-Revolutionary era. Thus Governor Clinton told the Onondagas: “The [Revolutionary] War for a Time interrupted the friendly … [Read more...] about Governor George Clinton’s Promises: What The State Of New York Really Owes The Onondagas
The Promises Of Foreign Aid : Made By President George Washington To The Haudenosaunee
This report is based on the American State Papers published in 1832 “under the authority of Congress.” The American State Papers are an official record of the United States government in the early years of the United States from 1789 to 1815. Volume IV of these American State Papers is entitled Indian Affairs. Thus the quotes discussed in this report are the official words … [Read more...] about The Promises Of Foreign Aid : Made By President George Washington To The Haudenosaunee