Deyohahage Gihę' gowahneh/Two Row On The Grand

04/21/2026

Respect and admiration for all our volunteers who make Two Row on the Grand a caring family!

03/16/2026

Registration is closed for our neighbours! We still have spots for Indigenous paddlers.
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03/12/2026

Through the efforts of our dedicated Ground Crew volunteers, led by Terri Bulman, Deyohahá:ge: Gihę Gowahneh/Two Row on the Grand has been awarded the RTO3 Sustainability Award.

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02/26/2026

Event: Q & A March 4
Let’s March forth together…

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02/19/2026

If you have questions about this year's Two Row on the Grand, taking place July 15-24, here's how you can get some answers! The Zoom links are in the first two comments. Thanks for the poster, Chiara!

02/07/2026

Supporting Indigenous artists usually means supporting their communities, because of their heart for their community. Who’s your favourite Indigenous artist? Please provide a link.

Here’s Lacey Hill, one of the artists who performed at Paddlestock last summer (Pssst! It was so good, we’re going to do it again!)

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01/29/2026

This is well conceived and expressed.

10/12/2025

In Kanien’kéha (the Mohawk language), Tehonatarihonté:kon means “Words Before All Else.” Among many Hodinöhsö:ni' communities, this teaching is also known as the Thanksgiving Address.

This teaching reminds us to begin each day by greeting the natural world, offering acknowledgement and gratitude to the people, Mother Earth, the waters, the fish, the plants, the Thunderers, the sun, the moon, the stars, the Enlightened Teachers, and the Creator. The Thanksgiving Address is a daily expression that honours the natural world and affirms our inherent connection to this land.

This living practice continues today within Hodinöhsö:ni' communities across Turtle Island. This teaching serves as an invitation to reflect on the values of gratitude, respect, and our shared responsibility to walk in harmony and balance with one another and the natural world.

May we carry these teachings forward, offering words of thanks before all else, and nurturing a future rooted in respect and connection.

09/21/2025

08/16/2025

07/28/2025

Looking back on our tenth annual Two Row on the Grand, it is important to acknowledge inspiration and support we have received. This picture shows two items from the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign Paddle from Onondaga, NY, to Manhattan in 2013, marking the 400th anniversary of the grandfather of all treaties on Turtle Island, and where our co-founders took inspiration for Two Row on the Grand.

The Kukui nut bracelet was made by children in Hawaii, attending a Hawaiian language school. Their teacher, Pua Case, also had them accompany each bracelet!with a card displaying one Hawaiian word with an English translation. The words were meant to inspire and encourage paddlers as they met the challenges of wind, waves, rain and colonialism. One such word translates as “Courage”.

The Kukui nut oil was used traditionally to light the interior of the home. Crushed, the shell powder could be strewn across the troubled surface of the ocean to reveal more clearly the potential fish dinner. It represents clarity of vision, illumination.

The Hau plant fibre holding the Kukui nut is used to make cordage and rope that can lash together an ocean-going outrigger canoe. It represents strength, tenacity.

The single row bracelet was made for organizers of that 2013 paddle. In recent years, one of those organizers, Lindsay Spear, has traveled from Syracuse to be one of our Safety Paddlers, and gifted one of these bracelets to each of our co-founders in recognition of their continuing commitment and work.