Sean Kirst: Centuries later, original wampum still evokes living truth of Canandaigua

Sean Kirst: Centuries later, original wampum still evokes living truth of Canandaigua

Tim Pickering approached the Council Rock on a cold November day in Canandaigua, called forward by Seneca Nation artist, writer and educator Peter Jemison. With Pickering near his side — a pairing that echoed across at least six generations — Jemison held up some strings of wampum, replicas of a precious gift Pickering knew well. They are symbols of a “nation to nation” agreement made between the Haudenosaunee and the young United States on Nov.…