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A public event to commemorate the Trees of Peace planted by Jake Tekaronianeken Swamp (1940-2010), Kanien’keha’:ka (Mohawk) Leader and founder of the Tree of Peace Society.  A stone marker will be dedicated near the tree of peace at High Rock Park to ensure that visitors know that the White Pine tree is a Rotinonshonni (Iroquois) symbol of peace and unity for all people. On the same day, a newly-planted Tree of Peace will be dedicated on the Skidmore campus. Tom Sakokwenionkwas Porter, Founder and Spiritual Leader of Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community, will dedicate the marker at High Rock Park and the Tree of Peace at Skidmore. Performances by Theresa Bear Fox and the Akwesasne Women Singers.

Sponsored by the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Africana Studies and the Humanities at Skidmore: Transnational Explorations in Social Justice Mellon Grant; Department of Religious Studies; Indigenization and Decolonization Collaborative (IDC) and the John B. Moore Documentary Studies collaborative (MDOCS)