Guswenta

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Guswenta is the Haudenosaunee “Two Row Wampum” treaty belt symbolizing a nation-to-nation relationship of mutual respect, non-interference, and parallel coexistence between Indigenous peoples and European settlers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guswenta canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee cultural artifact ⓘ
treaty belt ⓘ
wampum belt ⓘ
associatedWith Dutch colonists ⓘ
European settlers ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
Mohawk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people

Onondaga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Onondaga nation

Six Nations ⓘ
embodiesPrinciple forever treaty obligations ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
peace ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Two Row Wampum ⓘ
Two Row Wampum Treaty ⓘ
Two Row Wampum belt ⓘ
linked to: Two Row Wampum
hasConceptualOrigin early 17th century treaty-making ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
hasDesignFeature two parallel purple rows ⓘ
white background ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Haudenosaunee languages ⓘ
linked to: Iroquoian languages
hasMaterial shell beads ⓘ
wampum ⓘ
hasSymbolicColor purple ⓘ
white ⓘ
interpretedBy Haudenosaunee knowledge keepers ⓘ
preservedBy Haudenosaunee communities ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee
relevantTo Indigenous sovereignty ⓘ
Indigenous–Crown relations ⓘ
decolonization discourse ⓘ
treaty law in Canada ⓘ
represents European ship ⓘ
Indigenous canoe ⓘ
non-interference in each other’s internal affairs ⓘ
two distinct paths ⓘ
symbolizes enduring agreements ⓘ
mutual respect ⓘ
nation-to-nation relationship ⓘ
non-interference ⓘ
parallel coexistence ⓘ
peaceful coexistence ⓘ
shared river of life metaphor ⓘ
sovereignty of Indigenous nations ⓘ
treaty relationship ⓘ
usedAs educational tool about treaties ⓘ
legal metaphor in Indigenous rights discourse ⓘ
symbol in reconciliation movements ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Two Row Wampum → alsoKnownAs → Guswenta ⓘ
Kaswentha → hasAlias → Guswenta ⓘ