In the 1600s, when the Wampanoag people on Cape Cod held ceremonial events, their leader, Metacom (aka King Philip), would have been a prominent stand-out, wearing an intricately fashioned wampum belt ...

As a child on the Poospatuck reservation in Mastic, Lydia Wallace-Chavez lived in a world shaped by the ocean and its shells. Those times of fishing, clamming and searching beaches to find shells with ...

Join host Cheyenne Bearfoot on Sovereign Innovations as she uncovers a profound legacy. Join host Cheyenne Bearfoot on Sovereign Innovations as she uncovers the profound legacy of wampum beads in ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — Should you wish to behold sparkling elegance, stop by The Purple Shell. Native Americans Allen L. Hazard Sr. and his wife, Patricia, will be delighted to show you the jewelry they ...

There is no wampum in the "Wampum World" installation now open at the Albany Institute of History & Art. There shouldn't be wampum. There can't be wampum, not any longer, not since the repatriation of ...

Q. I recently read a mention in a magazine that Native American trade beads and ornaments, called wampum, were made from sea shells. Did Native Americans in our area make and use wampum? A. Yes. It ...

12 cylindrical shell beads and wampum, white and purple. They are attached to a box with a label in old handwriting: "Wampum - Beads from the grave of a daughter of Ninigret, Sachem of the Nyantic ...

Before European colonists arrived on North American shores, the wampum belt of Long Island’s Unkechaug Indian Nation was esteemed among the nations for its quality. Now, a recently commissioned wampum ...

BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR ANY FAMILY REUNION, THERE IS SOMETHING PARTICULARLY POIGNANT ABOUT THE THREE GENERATIONS OF WIDDISS FAMILY ARTISTS REUNITED HERE. IN AN EXHIBIT AT THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD MUSEUM ...

Introduction : why wampum? -- Money and language -- Foreign legal tender -- Translation and conversion -- Coins on paper -- What is wampum? -- Indian giving and Willie Wampum -- Money writing -- ...