White Pine
Digital print on vellum
Mayo Clinic Health Systems Barron Clinic
2013

Trees have been important spiritual symbols in many human cultures. Evergreens often symbolize immortality and eternal life because they retain their leaves throughout the winter. To the Iroquois people, the white pine is a symbol of peace that united their separate nations into an enduring League. The white pine is linked to one of the most universal spiritual symbols of the human species.