Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historical accounts suggest that the garment hung down several feet from his shoulders, interwoven with designs that represented ...

People all across the province have been given the opportunity to help craft a traditional wampum belt. The wampum belt is a traditional Indigenous craft and story telling device. Crafters use ...

The celebrations surrounding the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing in Massachusetts, brought with them a challenge for Paula Peters. "For so long, the story of the Wampanoag has been really ...

Wampum belts contain the most precious words, values and experiences of Haudenosaunee people An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FROM CARD: "OLD WAMPUM MADE OVER IN ...

Onondaga Nation Chief Sidney Hill, left, and Faithkeeper Oren Lyons hold up the historic wampum belt commissioned by George Washington to mark the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua. The two were at the ...

The One Bowl wampum is the first known pre-contact treaty agreement in North America and is referred to in many land acknowledgements in Ontario. Wampum belts are woven from tubular beads made of ...

After reading Craig Pearson's article and the comments regarding the wampum belt and neon sign, I took a good look at both of them. Recently, a host of articles on the local arts scene have found ...