T-Shirt - Deep Roots of Democracy - Long Sleeve Dan Wilkins They brew tea for friends

They brew tea for friends and gather in small groups for silence

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Brenda Hillman

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T-Shirt - Deep Roots of Democracy - Long Sleeve Dan Wilkins They brew tea for friendsThe Hiawatha Wampum Belt (shown above) symbolizes the peaceful unification of five formerly warring nations the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida and Mohawk into the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy over a thousand years ago. Despite facing the onslaught of colonization, the Haudenosaunee provided inspiration and guidance to colonial leaders as they imagined and created a nation. The U. S. borrowed some ideas and symbols, but left out others