Iroquois Leaders Visit White House with Wampum Belt

On Monday, members of the Haudenosaunee Grand Council visited the White House to discuss concerns about several ongoing issues. Here they are photographed with the so-called Washington Treaty Belt which dates to the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 and serves as an important reminder of this longstanding agreement between the United States government and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois League of the Long House).

While I’m at it, here’s a shout out to friend and fellow historian Michael Oberg who recently published Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794.