Tree of Peace Society

[1] Its headquarters are located on the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation in Hogansburg, New York, which borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, Canada, along the St. Lawrence River.

Since 1984, society members, headed by founder Chief Jake Swamp have ceremoniously planted trees in significant public places, such as near Philadelphia's Constitution Hall in 1986[2] and on April 10, 1986, at Shasta Hall, California State University, Sacramento, California[3] The organization's official website explains the ancient Native American legend behind the group's work: The Great Tree of Peace [of the] Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy -- Over a thousand years ago, the Peacemaker...Aiionwatha (Hiawatha) brought the Great Law of Peace (Kaianerekowa[6][7]) to the warring Indian nations of what is now New York State.

The message of Peace, Power, and the Good Mind resulted in the forming of the Haudenosaunee Iroquois Confederacy.

The league of nations consisted of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga,and Seneca, and later the Tuscarora.

In the original ceremony, weapons of war were buried...(Another book by the author of Three Strands in the Braid features cover art depicting Benjamin Franklin sitting under a Tree of Peace and negotiating with a chief in the Iroquois Grand Council.

Iroquois dancer, New York State Fair , 2008. The Tree of Peace Society is based in ancient political and religious beliefs of the Six Nations tribes, and associated with Hiawatha and a sacred pine tree, the Tree of Peace depicted in background mural.
Haudenosaunee flag created in the 1980s, based on the Hiawatha wampum belt "created from purple and white wampum beads centuries ago to symbolize the union forged when the former enemies buried their weapons under the Great Tree of Peace." [ 4 ] It represents the original five nations that were united by the Peacemaker and Hiawatha. The tree symbol in the center represents an Eastern White Pine , the needles of which are clustered in groups of five. [ 5 ]