The Two Row Wampum Renewal Project

I attended a lecture yesterday during Economics class, and it was on the "Two Row Wampum Renewal Project", which was a treaty between the Haudenosaunee, who at one point occupied most all of New York State, and the Europeans. The two row wampum looks like this: 
The white represents the river of life, with one purple stripe representing the indigenous people in their canoes, while the other represents the Europeans in their ships. The wampum is meant to symbolize that the two groups are equal and can live in proximity and have economic relationships peacefully. The renewal project has begun because for the first time the U.N. will be talking about rights for indigenous peoples, so this group will be canoeing from Albany to New York City to arrive at the U.N. just in time for the conference. I thought this talk applied quite interestingly to my macro research, and I look forward to reading the brochure I recieved again more thoroughly.