The traditional Mohawk greeting of She:kon, skennenkowa ken literally translates into English as "Do you still have the Great Peace?"  Most Mohawk speakers shorten the phrase, using "She:kon", pronounced "say-go", as slang for "hello."  The Great Peace is the foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy, and the greeting is more than a casual hello.  It is an earnest enquiry into the person's wellbeing.  To help non-Mohawks understand this, in Judeo-Christian terms, the person who is being greeted is being asked if they are experiencing "shalom", a sense of peace that pervades one's whole body, mind and spirit.  It implies wholeness and wellbeing, with oneself, others and Creation.  It is the hope of our worshipping community that all may find peace, or skennen, through our relationship with God the Creator and Jesus Christ the Son of God, being faithful both to our Christian faith and our Mohawk identity, language and tradition.

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