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Kahnawake-Oka-St. Regis
$300.00
25 1/2" x 2 3/4" The Kahnawake - Oka- St. Regis belt is sometimes called the Seven Nations Belt. It is a record belt, meaning it records an event. It means this: Their path is not straight. They have forsaken the Great Law and gone to the land of the cross, Canada. This belt represents the union of the Seven Nations, and the crooked line at the bottrom represents that they were crooked (The Roman Catholic). This particular belt embodies the pledge of seven Canadian Christianized nations to abandon their crooked ways and to keep an honest peace. It was given to the Five Nations by the Seven Nations to mark their submission to the power of the Iroquois Confederacy, with a promise of peace. The Seven Nations, organized and encouraged by French Catholic Priests, was a political union of parts of certain settlements of Iroquois and Algonquin whom the Catholic Missionaries had christianized and influenced. The settlements were as follows: Mohawk Band , Algonquin Band, Nippissing Band, all at Lake of Two Mountains, part of Kahnawake Band, Oswegatchie Band (near Ogdensberg, NY), Hurons of Lorett and Abenekis of St. Francis. When the Oswegatchie were scattered by the whites, the priests said that St. Regis would take their place.

Penobscot
$250.00
19 1/2" x 3" The Penobscot Belt, or Onondaga Belt as it is also known, is a friendship belt. This belt was made to signify an invitation sent from the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy, Onondaga, to the Penobscot Nation, to attend a Condolence Council at Onondaga. According to the Great Law; if any man or nation outside of the Five Nations shall obey the laws of the Great Peace (Kaianerekowa), and shall make this known to the statesmen of the league, they may follow the Great white roots back to the Tree of Peace. If their minds are clean and if they promise to abide by the laws they are welcome to take shelter beneath the "Tree of the Long Leaves" (The Great Tree of Peace).

Prophecy
$500.00
38" x 3" The Prophecy Belt signifies the coming of the Peacemaker to the earth. The line running along the belt shows his descent from the Sky World. In ancient times the Five Nations were all seperate and divided by bitter wars. The Peacemaker brought the seperate nations the Great Law of Peace; Kaianerenko:wa (Mohawk), Gayaneshra go:wa ( Cayuga). As a result of his influence the nations formed a confederation. The Laws, which are sometimes referred to as the Iroquois Constitution, are recited from time to time using this belt as a memory aid. The Laws are known entirely from oral tradition passed down from generation to generation. Note: There are other versions as to the meaning of this belt. The version stated here is according to Chief Jake Thomas as told to him by his father chief David Thomas.

Seneca Alliance (donehogowah)
$525.00
42" x 2 3/4" Donehogowah Belt This belt was formerly held by Donehogowah or General Ely S. Parker. It means, Five Council Fires or Death Belt of the Five Nations, the Confederacy of the Iroquois. The Death Belts were in the custody of the Keepers of the Eastern and Western Doors of the Hodinoshonni. This one was always held by the Donehogowah, the Seneca Nation - Keeper of the Western Door. The Mohawks of the Eastern Door likewise had their copy of this belt. This belt signified death or war against some other nation or nations. When the belt was sent to the East Door, the Mohawk Council, it was held and passed on to the councils of war of each of the Five Nations, until returned by the Mohawks which signified that the war would begin at once.