New York OA Trader

At last Weekend’s Camp Woodlands TOR, I came across a recent event Patch from Ty-Ohni Lodge #95, issued for their 2007 Fall Fellowship. The design is another in their Wampum Belt series.

This one is the Akwesasne Wolf Wampum Belt. Akwesasne is the word for what we know as the Mohawks. You can find out more about their history and about the Wampum belts at the Wampum Chronicles.

Blue Book Stats:
eX2007-2 WHT R PUR WHT WHT 2007 FDL; WHT Akwesasne Wolf Wampum Belt, WWW, 2007 Fall Fellowship.

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Rob Cunningham had previously provided information of the 2007 Spring Fellowship Patch from Ty-Ohni Lodge #95.  He has sent along some information about the design  on the patch.

The design features the ‘Evergrowing Tree Belt”, which is one of the widest belts known to exist. The belt symbolizes the Tree of Peace at Onondaga under which the previously warring individual five nations buried their weapons beneath as a symbol of their will to unite and follow the code of peace brought by Deganawida and Hiawatha. The tree itself symbolizes the united Confederacy. It is said that an eagle soars above to watch for impending danger and that the trees’s white roots reach throughout the entire world, welcoming anyone with a “‘good mind” to find peace beneath its branches.
This belt is primarily used in speeches and ceremonies to explain “The Great Law,,” a code of Haudenosaunee roles and responsibilities passed down for generations by memory. No written version of the code existed until modem times.
The belt is made of quahog shell with bark and sinew string and is displayed vertically, not horizontally as depicted in the patch. The tree is beaded in an everlasting pattern with the design continuing beyond the end of the belt as a symbol of longevity and strength.
This belt is also known as the Dust Fan Belt,” as it is also used symbolically to help chiefs maintain wisdom and clear vision in the midst of difficult issues or “dust” that they must see through.

Rob Cunningham has also brought word of a correction to the description of a private issue from the Ty-Ohni Lodge #95.  The patch in question was the ZF1; which was described in the Blue Book as  ZF1 RED C WHT DGR ELG; crude paint on canvas.

According to Rob’s message, this was amongst several items returned to the lodge which had been missing.

It turns out, that rather than a painted design,  the patch was hand-embroidered that would change the description to: ZF1 RED C WHT DGR ELG; crude hand-embroidery on canvas .

The image is used with the permission of The Internet Guide to Order of the Arrow Insignia .

Rob Cunningham brings word of a new event patch from Ty-Ohni Lodge out of Rochester, NY. The concept is similar to the one used for the 2006 Spring Fellowship and the 2005 Fall Fellowship. This patch depicts the Evergrowing Tree Belt.

Blue Book Stats:
eX2007 BLK R BLK WHT WHT 2007 FDL; WHT Evergrowing Tree Belt, WWW, 2007 Spring Fellowship.

Jim Chamot advises that Ty-Ohni Lodge will be hosting a TOR in April.  I believe that they have held this one before, but it is not one I have attended myself.

Ty-Ohni Lodge #95 (Otetiana Council, Rochester, NY) will hold its annual Trade-O-Ree on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 800 Ridge Road East, Rochester, New York. Tables are currently available.

 

Saturday April 28, 2007

10:00AM til 3:00PM (Setup 9:00AM)

Tables $12.00    Admission $3.00    Youth $1.00

(Youth in Scout uniform FREE)

St. Johns Lutheran Church

800 Ridge Road East

Rochester, NY 14617

  I couldn’t find a flier on the lodge website yet, but email me or leave a comment if you want contact information.