2013 E Genesee Street - Syracuse, NY 13210 315-701-1592 tworowpaddlers@gmail.com
Greetings Two Row Folks:
This packet is full of important information to help you prepare for our trek down the Hudson River this summer. Please take the time to read it carefully. If you have questions or concerns, please let us know. If there are changes in your situation, let us know that as soon as possible.
As our epic paddle down the Hudson approaches, all of us have been preparing our minds and bodies for what we might encounter along our shared journey. That might be reading more about Haudenosaunee history and trying to be more conscious of how to be a good Ally to indigenous people. For those of us in New York State, attending the Crossroads Rally in Albany on June 17 th to show that there are a lot of people in New York State who oppose hydrofracking and want to direct our state towards a renewable energy future. Or for those who are paddling all the way from Albany to New York City, paddling as much as possible for as long as you can on these beautiful spring days is essential to be ready! Hopefully those of you who are doing the longer trip have been able to attend our practice paddles in Central New York or have opportunities to paddle with friends, family, and comrades near you.
While we do encourage everyone to paddle as much as possible and stress the importance of being physically prepared, especially for those going the whole trip, feeling SAFE is the most important thing. You will notice that we have personal flotation devices (PFD’s) listed in the gear list below, of course… but we also have a whole lot of you who have registered as safety paddlers with outdoor wilderness rescue that are coming the whole way. That makes us feel good about everyone being safe, too!
We just found out that the cost of portapotties, sinks and portable showers (for some stops) is more than double what we had budgeted. This means we really need your help raising the funds to help us make this journey successful. Please consider asking your friends/relatives, etc. to donate to support your participation, spread the word via facebook, organize a fundraising dinner, etc.
We look forward to a powerful and fun journey with you this summer!
Now, for some logistical information!
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For full trip paddlers:
We encourage everyone who is traveling the whole trip to attend the Albany-area send-off celebration that runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, July 27. We will have camping grounds and parking on Russell Sage
Campus in walking distance of the festival. There will also be secure, long-term parking available near the launch site in Rensselaer. If you have a truck that you are leaving behind, please consider donating it’s use to ground crew. Costs of your vehicles use (gas, oil) will be covered by the campaign. Contact our office for more information about transportation.
If you can’t attend the festival, please arrive by 6pm on July 27 to our campground at Sage College Soccer
Field at Division Street in Troy at Hudson River. We will be hosting an orientation that evening for everyone to become familiar with daily logistics; it is very important for you be present especially if you are paddling the whole way.
For everyone:
When you arrive at camp, please find the registration table. At the registration table, you will check in and be given a wrist bracelet and tag for your gear, as well as a sticker to put on the inside or outside of your boat
(whichever you prefer, we just need to be able to identify it’s owner!). Then you can find the daily task table where you can sign up to help with daily tasks and/or host your own activity for people to join, such as yoga, discussion, games or anything else that is fun, relaxing, and helps to build our community on days we don’t have events planned (or anytime in between!).
We plan on holding smaller, daily orientations and debriefings for partial trip paddlers also. We ask all paddlers to arrive the night before their first day of paddling for orientation. If you can’t do so, please arrive
the morning of your first paddle, three hours before launch time (on the itinerary below and here: http://honorthetworow.org/epic-canoe-trip/itinerary-and-map/ ) for registration, breakfast, and morning orientation.
Schedule for Enactment
Download and review the schedule for the trip down the Hudson at: http://honorthetworow.org/events/eventschedule-flier/
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Please be economical in your packing. We will have support vehicles to transport gear, but want to minimize that need both to save money and preserve the environment. Please bring your gear in a bag no larger than 30" x 16" x 15" or 50-70 liters and bring a tent appropriate for the # of people in your group. We have limited space so we can’t accommodate large tents for one or two people.
Please consider the environment; we aim to leave nothing behind and eliminate waste.
PLEASE try to bring organic/natural toiletries, especially sun block and insect repellent that is safe and biodegradable.
ON THE WATER
 PFD (Coast Guard approved)
 Rope for tying up boats
 At least 2 one liter water containers (drinking water to be provided by ground crew)
 Sun Block
 Insect Repellent
 Water Shoes (closed toed/durable soles – there are a lot of sharp critters and rocks along the banks of the Hudson!)
 Land Shoes
 Wide Brim Hat
 Sunglasses
 Paddle gloves
 Bandana for sweat and sniffles
 Medication (with note explaining usage etc.)
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Picture ID and Emergency contact info w/phone number
CAMPING
 Tent (appropriate for group size)
 Sleeping bag
 Sleeping pad
 Mess Kit (plate, bowl, cup for hot and cold drinks, eating utensils)
 Toiletries (preferably biodegradable cleansers)
 Bandana/cloth for body washing
 Flashlight
 Spare batteries
 Duct tape
 Journal/Writing Utensil/Drawing Materials (you might be inspired to be creative and introspective!)
 Cash for miscellaneous expenses
 Clothing – we will offer laundry service every third day, so three days of clothing should be enough.
Waterproof jacket
Fleece shirt or sweater
Shorts
Pants
Swimwear
Quick Dry Towel
Mesh bag (labeled with your name) to hold laundry to be washed.
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Do I need to transport my camping gear in my boat with me, or will the ground crew be taking care of that?
Ground crew will provide vehicles for transporting everyone’s gear. You should only bring what is recommended with you on the water (see gear list). Please follow the packing recommendations so we can use as little space as possible when transporting our gear.
I'm practicing to get into shape, what pace and distance should I be targeting to be able to keep up?
Please look at the itinerary and calculate the average miles that you will be traveling each day you will be on the Hudson. You should be able to paddle this in the amount of hours that are also listed on the itinerary.
There will be many skill levels and the flotilla will be large so no one will be left behind but we don’t want anyone to be exhausted, or to hold up the group.
Will we be paddling in a formation as we go down the river?
We will try our best to paddle in the formation of two rows—one row of Haudenosaunee and other native people, side-by-side a row of non-native allies—as we go down the river.
May my dog ride in my boat with me and sleep in my tent?
There will be no dogs allowed on the trip.
Will our daily itinerary have us paddling with the tides?
Yes we will paddle with the tides as much as possible. There are some days where this won’t be possible for the full trip.
What will we do if we encounter severe weather?
Safety is of primary importance on our journey. The leadership team will make decisions about when it is not safe to continue on the water. In the event of a need to get out of the river, we will have support vehicles that can shuttle participants and their vessels from one site to the next.
Will we be meeting the public on our stops?
We will be arriving in public places along the Hudson where the public will greet us. We are inviting the public to join us for launches and landings and at the events along the way. On several nights, we are camping out in the middle of the towns!
May I invite people to come?
You may invite people to come to our events. However, we are limiting our campsite and night activities where we do not have planned events to paddlers and ground crew because of space limitations and for safety.
Will I get some briefing and talking points to help me talk about our mission more effectively?
When you arrive, wherever we are on the Hudson, we will be providing orientations where you can learn the talking points of the campaign, among other things like daily tasks and logistics. We encourage you to prepare ahead of time by reading, watching our videos online, etc.
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BOOKS
THE BASICS & CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
American Indian History: Five Centuries of Conflict & Coexistence, Vols. I & II, Robert Venables, Clear Light Publishers,
Santa Fe, NM, 2004...And Grandmother Said: Iroquois Teachings as Passed Down
Through the Oral Traditions, Tom Porter. Xlibris Press, 2009
Basic Call to Consciousness, Akwesasne Notes, ed. Native Voices, 2005
Exiled in the Land of the Free, Oren Lyons & John Mohawk, eds. Clear Light, 1992
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles C. Mann, Knopf, 2005
The Gift of Sports: Indigenous Ceremonial Dimensions of the Games We Love, Philip Arnold, Cognella Press, 2012
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion, Vine Deloria, Jr., Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO, 1992
Haudenosaunee Environmental Restoration, An Indigenous Strategy for Human Sustainability, J. W. Annunziata and the
Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force. Indigenous Development International, 1995
Indian Roots American Democracy, Jose Barreiro, ed. Akwe:kon Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1992
Indigenous Religions: An Introduction, Philip Arnold, NYU Press, 2012
Iroquois Creation Story, John Mohawk. Mohawk Publications, 2005
Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future, Melissa K. Nelson, ed. Bear & Co., 2008
Recovering the Sacred, Winona LaDuke. South End Press, 2005
Roots of the Iroquois, Ray Fadden. Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN, 2000
Sisters In Spirit, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American Feminists, Sally Roesch Wagner. Book Publishing
Company, 2001
Thanksgiving Address. Clear Light, 1998
Thinking In Indian: A John Mohawk Reader, Jose Barriero, ed. Fulcrum, 2010
To Become a Human Being, The Message of Tadodaho Chief Leon Shenandoah, Steve Wall. Red Wheel/Weiser, 2002
Treaty of Canandaigua 1794, Peter Jemison and Anna M. Schein, eds. Clear Light, 2000
Utopian Legacies: A History of Conquest & Oppression in the Western World, John Mohawk. Clear Light, 1999
Wampum Belts and Peace Trees, Gregory Schaaf. Fulcrum, 1990
Wampum Belts of the Iroquois, Tehanetorens, Ray Fadden. Book Publishing Company, 1999
White Roots of Peace, Paul Wallace. Clear Light, 2000
Who Will Tell my Brother?, Marlene Carvell. Hyperion, 2004
Whose Land? An Introduction to the Iroquois Land Claims in New York State, Philip Hamden for the American Friends
Service Committee. Syracuse, NY, 2000
Wisdomkeepers, Steve Wall and Harvey Arden. Beyond Words Publishing, 2006
Words That Come Before All Else: Environmental Philosophies of the Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee Environmental
Task Force. Native North American Travelling College, 1992
FAMILY READING
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, Message from Chief Seattle, paintings by Susan Jeffers. Dial Books for Young Readers, NY, 1991
Indian Life (coloring book), John Green. Dover Publications, NY, 1994
Lacrosse: The National Game of the Iroquois, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, photos by Lawrence Migdale. Holiday House, NY,
1998
Legends of the Iroquois, Ray Fadden. Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN, 1998
Northeast Indians (coloring book). Spizzirri Publishing, SD, 1986
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IN DEPTH HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Allegany Senecas and Kinzua Dam, Forced Relocation Through Two Generations, Joy A. Bilharz. University of
Nebraska Press, 2002
The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire, Francis Jennings. W. W. Norton & Company, 1990
The American Revolution in Indian Country, Colin G. Callowy. Cambridge University Press, 1995
Apologies to the Iroquois, Edmund Wilson. Syracuse University Press, 1992
Archaeological History of New York State, Arthur C. Parker. University of the State of New York, 1922
Conquest by Law, Lindsay G. Robertson, Oxford University Press, 2005
Conspiracy of Interest: Iroquois Dispossession and the Rise of New York State, Laurence M. Hauptman. Syracuse
University Press, Syracuse, NY, 1999
Debating Democracy, Native American Legacy of Freedom, Bruce Johansen. Clear Light, 1998
Encyclopedia of Haudenosaunee Iroquois Confederacy, Bruce Johanson and Barbara Mann. Greenwood Publishing
Group, 2000
Evolution of the Onondaga Iroquois, James W. Bradley. University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Exemplar of Liberty, Donald A. Grinde Jr. and Bruce Johansen. American Indian Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
The Everett Report in Historical Perspective, Helen M. Upton. New York State American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission, Albany, NY, 1980
Feeding Body and Soul: Haudenosauneee Agriculture in the 19th Century, Jane Mt. Pleasant. The Farmer’s Museum,
2002
Formulating American Indian Policy in New York State, 1970–1986, Laurence M. Hauptman. SUNY Press, 1988
The Great Law and the Longhouse, A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy, William N. Fenton. University of
Oklahoma Press, 1998
A History of the New York Iroquois, William M. Beauchamp. New York State Education Dept., 1905
The History and Culture of Iroquois Diplomacy, Francis Jennings, ed. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 1985
The History of the Five Indian Nations, Cadwallader Colden. Cornell University Press, 1964
The Indian Industrial School: Carlisle, Pennsylvania,1879-1918, Linda F. Witner. Cumberland County Historical Society,
1993
The Iroquois and the New Deal, Laurence M. Hauptman. Syracuse University Press, 1988
The Iroquois, Barbara Graymont. Chelsea House, 2005
The Iroquois In the American Revolution, Barbara Graymont. Syracuse University Press, 1975
The Iroquois Restoration, Iroquois Diplomacy on the Colonial Frontier, 1701–1754, Richard Aquila. University of Nebraska
Press, 1997
League of the Iroquois, Lewis Henry Morgan. Corinth Books, 1962
Like A Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights and the Legal History of Racism in America, Robert Williams,
Jr. University of Minnesota Press, 2005
Longhouse Diplomacy and Frontier Warfare, William T. Hagan. New York State American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission, 1976
The Middle Ground, Indians, Empires and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815, Richard White. Cambridge
University Press, 1991
Parker on the Iroquois, Arthur C. Parker. Syracuse University Press, 1968
The Six Nations of New York,�The 1892 United States Extra C ensus Bulletin, Introduction by Robert Venables. Cornell
University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1996
The U.S. Constitution and the Great Law of Peace: Comparison of Two Founding Documents, Gregory Schaaf and Jake
Swamp. CVIAC Press, 2004
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Year of the Hangman, George Washington’s Campaign Against the Iroquois, Glenn F. Williams. Westholme, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Indian Time, Newspaper of the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, Box 366, Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, Rooseveltown,
NY 13683 (518) 358-9531. Universe, 2003
Indigenous Values Initiative: Publication of the Syracuse University Dept. of Religion
WEBSITES www.ailanyc.org - The American Indian Law Alliance in New York City www.indigenousvalues.org - Indigenous Values Initiative works to articulate, disseminate and promote the ancient and enduring values of Indigenous people’s traditions. www.onondaganation.org - Information about the Onondaga Nation www.peacecouncil.net/noon - Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) www.sullivanclinton.com - Historical information and teaching resources (provided by Dr. Robert Spielgelman) www.mohawkcommunity.com - Information about the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community www.hetf.org - Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force www.theunityride.com - The Unity Ride; A ride of healing for all nations and for all living beings.
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