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Located within the imposing rotunda of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., Allies in War, Partners in Peace is a powerful bronze sculpture by artist Edward Hlavka. This monumental piece honors the Haudenosaunee Confederacy—also known as the Iroquois or Six Nations—and their alliance with the United States during the Revolutionary War.
At the center stands a Haudenosaunee woman, basket of corn in hand, symbolizing sustenance and peacekeeping, flanked by a colonial American officer and a Haudenosaunee warrior. The sculpture is deeply rooted—literally and symbolically—within a sculpted base filled with turtles, bears, and plant life, referencing the Haudenosaunee origin story and connection to the natural world. Rising from behind them, a metal representation of the Great Tree of Peace binds the three figures together in shared purpose and treaty.
Commissioned by the Oneida Indian Nation, the sculpture was dedicated in 2004, the same year the museum opened its doors. The Oneida were the first American Indian nation to ally with the United States during the War of Independence. Hlavka’s work memorializes this act of unity while also acknowledging the long-standing diplomatic and cultural relationships Native nations have fostered both among themselves and with the federal government.
This richly symbolic composition is not only a tribute to historical cooperation, but also a reminder of the enduring presence of Indigenous nations as sovereign and active participants in contemporary civic life.
Amingo is a Sudanese Nuer. He was a war child and one of the refugees who arrived in the 1980's when the Sudanese civil war opposing the Northern Sudanese government to the Southern Sudanese guerilla resumed. The leadership of the Guerilla was based in a refugee camp near Gambella city, and almost ruled on the region. It is a long story.
Amingo was one of the children recruited in the camp to fight. After three months training, warchildren were sent on the battle field. Some of them escaped, some died, Amingo is alive. He is proud of being a fighter, "just like my father! -your father was a fighter? -Yes and he died for the cause of freedom and equality." Now Amingo is a supporter of the late John Garang (the former leader of the guerilla who in 2005 after signing the Peace agreeement with the North) and of his project of a "New Sudan": unity and equality for Sudan. This is Amingo's new struggle.
Amingo wanted to return next month in Sudan. The next month Amingo was still in Gambella. And he is still there. Like many refugees who settled in Gambella, he has nowhere to go. Casualities of war.
Peace and Unity Classes took a field trip to Dominos to learn more about how a pizza is made and the specific tools that are used to extended their Unit of Inquiry to hand-ons real-world learning.
East Village, NYC
A mural on the front of the Roberto Clemente Family Health Center
Juan Mari Bras was the founder of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, and was a staunch supporter of Puerto Rican independence from the US.
Photo and Photoshop composite by Ron Cogswell, 2003.
Taken from billboards around the National Portrait Gallery construction site in Washington (DC), summer 2003.
Presented to Unity Woods yoga instructor Rocky Delaplaine in 2003.
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Peace and Unity Portfolio Party for students to showcase their learning and work to parents.
Peace and Unity class showcased their learning from their unit inquiry during a talented performance in front of our community at Magic Years International School
Photos and Photoshop composite by Ron Cogswell, June 2003, from billboards at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington (DC), construction site.
Peace and Unity Classes took a field trip to Dominos to learn more about how a pizza is made and the specific tools that are used to extended their Unit of Inquiry to hand-ons real-world learning.
Peace and Unity Classes took a field trip to Dominos to learn more about how a pizza is made and the specific tools that are used to extended their Unit of Inquiry to hand-ons real-world learning.
Peace and Unity Classes took a field trip to Dominos to learn more about how a pizza is made and the specific tools that are used to extended their Unit of Inquiry to hand-ons real-world learning.