The Treaty of Canandaigua on Display

Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations Opening on September 21, 2014 at National Museum of the American Indian

 

From left, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Oren Lyons, PHD, Tadodaho of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chief Sidney Hill, Guest Curator Suzan Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee), National Museum of the American Indian Director Kevin Gover (Pawnee) and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries Jim Gardner, front right, unveil the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794 on loan from the National Archives in the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 in Washington. The Treaty, between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the United States is signed by President George Washington and The Six Nations (Iroquois). (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian)

A historical document transfer at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was made on September 8th. The Treaty of Canandaigua between the Haudenosaunee (the Six Nations, or Iroquois Confederacy) and the United States, signed by George W...



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