1.8 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 9 1/2 in. (4 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 card box,
5 in.); (1 oversize package, 1 in.)
Creator
Schein, Anna M.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
An exhibit created by Anna M. Schein to commemorate the planting of a peace tree and its annual honoring ceremonies conducted
by leaders of various Native American peoples including the Iroquois. Representative leaders were Peterson Zah, Navajo Nation
President; Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and Leon Shenandoah Tadodaho, Presiding Moderator of the Grand Council
of the Iroquois Confederacy. The tree planting ceremony dates back to the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy (ca. 1450)
by the legendary leaders Deganawidah, Hiawatha, Atotarho and Jigonhsasee. The latter being the earliest noted of the clan
mothers, an institution crucial for the Iroquois in determining who would be designated league chief. The peace tree, a white
pine, under which war hatchets were originally buried by the Iroquois, is a primary symbol of unity and peace as well as that
of reason and health. Symbolically, it signifies that Mankind should take Nature as an example of nurture superseding the
need for Man to make war.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Peace Tree Exhibit Photographs and Brochures, A&M 3208, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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