Our Logo
Our logo draws its imagery from the language found in many treaties originating from the Two Row Wampum treaty of 1613 between the Haudenosaunee and Europeans. The treaties Settlers and Indigenous peoples have made together are meant to last forever: “as long as the grass is green, as long as the water flows downhill, and as long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.”
The 1613 treaty is symbolized in the Two Row Wampum. The parallel purple lines symbolize how the two peoples will travel down the river together side by side, respecting each others’ differences in governance and ways of life, with neither attempting to overpower the other. The three white rows represent peace, friendship, and the agreement lasting forever. Treaty calls for this kind of relationship, which is why the river in our logo is a representation of the Two Row Wampum.
Along with the sun and the grass, we chose to include a city scape as a reminder that urban spaces are as much a part of the treaties between Settlers and Indigenous peoples as anywhere else.
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