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Polishing the Chain Ceremony
Date
Tuesday January 25, 20223:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
zoomPatrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor is pleased to invite you to attend the Polishing the Chain Ceremony, a commitment ceremony to reaffirm the promise of the friendship wampum. Each year, we recommit to this relationship through the Polishing the Chain Ceremony, to keep the rust from forming.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
3:15 pm - Registration begins
3:30 pm - Ceremony begins
Queen’s Senate meeting will begin immediately following the ceremony
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87035261169
Meeting ID: 870 3526 1169
Questions: senate@queensu.ca
ľĹĐăÖ±˛Ą Friendship Wampum
SkĂ©n:nen Atenro’será:kon tánon Ka’nikonhrĂ:io
Wa’kĂłn:ion ne Queen’s University tsi iohĂ©tstha ne kaianerĂ©nhsera ne KaswĂ©ntha Atenro’será:kon atia’táhnha, nĂ© ne Konti’tarĂ:sere Ka’nistĂ©nhsera takĂłntka’we Tyendinaga nitionĂ©:non tánon ne KahsĂłhtshera IotitiĂłhkwaien ne Kingston kĂ 7 shĂskare EnniskĂł:wa 2017.
KĂ kakweniĂ©nston ate’nientĂ©nhtshera tiĂłkonte e’tho káien nĂł:nen enhontkennĂ:sa ne ratiianerenhserĂłn:nis, ne wathrĂł:ris tsi enká:take tsi waterihwahserĂłn:ni ne SkĂ©n:en tánon Atenro’será:kon.
Peace, Friendship, and Good Minds
The friendship wampum belt was presented to ľĹĐăÖ±˛Ą Senate by the Clan Mothers at Tyendinaga, and the Grandmothers' Council in Kingston, on March 7, 2017.
This cherished symbol is now present at all Senate meetings, to represent the lasting covenant of peace and friendship.
To learn more about wampum, you may be interested in this from Richard Hill, Tuscarora scholar and expert in this field.