Photographs (left to right): Ohiopyle Falls, Pennsylvania; Hamlin State Park, New York; Cucumber Falls, Pennsylvania

Wampum Belt Archive

1655

Treaties Supreme Law of the Land

 

Design and Reproduction: Richard D Hamell

October 01 2013

Original Size:

Beaded Length: 42.0 inches. Width: 18.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 66.0 inches

Reproduction:

Hamell original with Rick Hill

Beads:

Length: 245 rows. Width: 38 rows. Total Beads: 6,973

Materials:

Warp: Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew.

Description:

Statement in the United States Constitution. "The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws."

Credit Rick Hill, Six Nations for giving me the belt concept.