Sharing the Rive of life: Traveling side by side on the Hudson River toward a sustainable future of peace and friendship

摘要

For as long as rain has fallen to the Earth, rivers have brought together the two worlds of land and water. Four hundred years ago the Hudson River brought together two great powers-the trading enterprises of the Dutch empire and the five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Coming from two worlds, brought together by this river, they forged a covenant chain of peace, friendship, and perpetuity, embodied in the Two Row Wampum. This summer the Hudson River will bring our peoples together once more. Where the land and water meet, where two worlds join forces, witness history come to life and take part in creating a just and sustainable future.