Central New Yorkers will have the chance to listen in on an historic conversation titled “The Two Row Wampum and the Covenant Chain of Treaties” on Monday, July 12 at 7 p.m., at Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee St.

The program features Chief Irving Powless, Jr., leader of the Onondaga Nation Beaver Clan for 40 years, and Robert W. Venables a retired lecturer for Cornell University’s American Indian Studies Program, where his course in American Indian Studies attracted hundreds of students each year.

This is the eighth event in the year-long series “Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future II.” Admission is free and a reception and facilitated small group discussions will follow the presentation. For more information peacecouncil.net/noon or call 472-5478.