The Great Law of Peace - Cohoes, NY
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N 42° 47.154 W 073° 42.600
18T E 605510 N 4737846
A monument, where a tree of peace was planted at Cohoes Falls Park, marks the site where the peacemaker brought the Kayanerekowa (Great Law of Peace) which created the Iroquois Confederacy.
Waymark Code: WM14JEC
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2021
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A monument containing a bronze plaque describing the events that led to the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy of the Six Nations: the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples. The plaque is inscribed:
ON THIS SITE ONE OF THE GREAT EVENTS IN HUMAN HISTORY
TOOK PLACE. IT IS HERE WHERE THE PEACEMAKER, BROUGHT
THE KAYANEREKOWA (GREAT LAW OF PEACE) TO THE
KANIENKEHAKA/MOHAWK PEOPLE IN THE DAYS LONG
BEFORE SETTLERS ARRIVED ON TURTLE ISLAND. THIS LED TO
THE FORMATION OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE (IROQUOIS)
CONFEDERACY, THE WORLD'S OLDEST UNION OF FREE NATIONS.
A TREE OF PEACE HAS BEEN PLANTED BY
BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE AND THE HIAWATHA INSTITUTE FOR
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN
OF THIS LAND IN TRUST FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION
AND BEYOND. SESKEHKOWA, 2016.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE FROM THE
HIAWATHA INSTITUTE FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN
COMMEMORATION OF THIS LAND DONATION.
Group that erected the marker: Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Falls View Park
North Mohawk Street
Cohoes, NY United States
12047
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