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Thank you very much. I want, to thank Peter and Jeanette for helping to arrange this visit
and for serving as my host and hostes,s while I have been here. I want to thank the clan mothers
for taking their time to talk and visit with me and share some information about their way of life
and what they do to preserve that wa~ of life. I would like to thank the spirit dancers. I enjoyed
seeing you; it was too short, but on a hot day like this, as hard as you were dancing, it was
probably long enough, and I am glad ~hat you could be part ofthis, and the musicians as welL
Thank you very much for making me feel so welcome at this important historic site.
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I am delighted that, as we heard from the representative from the Park's Department here
in the state, that this site -- started in 1987 -- is here to represent the many contributions and
experiences of the native people ofNkw York, particularly the Iroquois Nation. And to
understand how significant that is, ju~t think for a minute about what it means that I am here on a
tour to Save America's Treasures that is part of the White House Millennium Council program.
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A millennium ago, we only hJd the people repre&ented here, in this country. The
traditions, the way of life, the experie~ces of all who were part of the Iroquois Nation Federation
show what it meant to be alive ip the millennium, the first millennium here in this part of the
world. And I think that's importantfbr all of us who are Americans to stop for a minute and
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think about the way of life that is repr~sented by the people whose dances and music we have
just seen and heard. Because when I think about and as we work toward, the saving of
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America's treasures as part the WhitelHouse Millennium Council's program, I think that one of
our primary missions is to indicate to , American's how diverse and rich and deep our history
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So, on this tour, we started at tp.e Smithsonian and saw the Star-spangled Banner, we
went on the see the Fort McHenry, o~er which that banner flew in the war of 1812 against the
British. We have been in many placeS in the last three days. We have honored the work of
different Americans. AllAfrican-Amprican like Harriet Tubman, who fled slavery and led others
to freedom; a young Irish-American woman named Kate Mullany who started the first women's
labor union in Troy, New York; a be~utiful theater, the Colonial Theater, in Pittsfield,
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Massachusetts, which, had on its stage!I at one time all kinds of perforners representing the full
range of the arts in our country. We v~sited the home of a famous American novelist, the first
American woman to win the Pu1itzer~rize? Edith Wharton. We have been in ,many different
parts of this region of our country, but~ it is especially fitting that we would come here on our
tour, because how can we think about igoing into the next millennium without being respectful
and honoring our past; which means r~specting and honoring the contributions of all of you who
represent the Iroquois Nation.
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So it is a great pleasure formJ to be here to learn more about the way of life that has
lasted for so many generations. In sp6aking with the clan mothers, I learned a little bit 'about
what the clan mothers do, and I was struck by how in keeping it is with the idea of the mother of
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the nation. And her admonitions about how people should think about the decisions they make,
and her three 'pieces of advice that ha~e stood the test of time are ones that we would all do well
, to take to heart. Is this decision one tlilat will lead to peace, is it one that will honor Mother
Nature, is it one ,that is good for seveJ generations?
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As we live in this very fast-paeed world of ours, and as we move very quickly from day
to-day and toward the new century anh the new millennium, it is sometimes easy to lose track of
what is really important. And one odhe goals of our Millennium Project is to honor the past and
imagine the future. We are here to do! both, .because I have seen and heard about both today. '
Yes, we are honoring the past and the Itraditions of the past,represented in the long house,
represented in the generational traditions that the clan mothers bring forward, and in the dances
we have seen. But we are also imagi~ing the future, and we 'can see that in the faces ofthe young
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men and women. That is a challenge for every American, regardless of whatever background we
might come from. How do we honor the past and bring forward the lessons and the values that
are important into the present so we c~n use them to imagine a future that keeps faith with the
past but gives our children the opportdnities to fulfill the dreams we have for them and they have
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So, I am very honored to be here. I am honored to learn more about this way of life, and I
commend you for all you are doing to !keep alive the languages, the traditlons that are such an
important part ofthe experience and history of America. And lknow that those of you who are
directly involved in that effort have wbrked very hard to make it possible for these young men
and women to understand how to hon6r their oWn past; and I have greatconfidence, based on
what I have seen and heard today, that! you are imagining and building a. future that keeps faith
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with the past but moves forward into the new century and millennium. Thank you for honoring
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us by permitting us to visit with you hFretoday.
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