And this weekend, he will have a booth set up at the 77th annual Shinnecock Indian Powwow. It is hard to overstate the enormous cultural significance that wampum has held over the thousands of ...

The earliest known use of wampum, which are strings of beads made from clam shells, was by North American Indians in 1535. Most likely, this monetary medium existed well before this date.

The Pilgrims soon found themselves stuck with fathoms of counterfeit wampum that rascally Indians had passed on them. In a flurry of naivite they passed a sheaf of anti-counterfeit wampum laws.

They rejected an Onondaga request for repatriation of a wampum belt based on their opinion that ANTS ... culture and then later hesitated to help heal the trauma they caused. Indian Country Today is a ...

Drumming, singing, dancing and generations of ancestral knowledge and talent were on display for this weekend’s 2024 Aquinnah ...

Even though the tiny school closed in 1961, the experiences are still fresh in the minds of its attendees, especially for those who played on Wampum’s storied basketball teams. The Indians were ...

Credit: Rebekah Phoenix Wise This weekend, the Shinnecock Nation will open its land to the public for the 78th annual Shinnecock Indian Powwow ... shell jewelry called wampum," says Soto.

Indians hired to give frontier flavor to the Calgary Stampede (TIME, July 21) are paid on a graduated scale for all services rendered: $5 to a chief, $3 to a sub-chief, $1 to every brave, squaw ...

“It’s a family reunion for some people who travel to powwows all summer,” says Rebekah Wise, the Shinnecock Indian Nation ... coast vendors are mainly wampum, clamshell makers,” says ...

American Indians represent 573 federally recognized ... bolo ties plugged with wampum, and pipe-bone bead necklaces that clink, click, and clack. They’ve arrived for the $125-a-person dinner ...

This 2024 Native American and American Indian Celebration hat features an embroidered patch with replica wampum beads. The brim will have a white bark print and a brown cord to replicate a leather ...

This annual festival showcases Native American culture and traditions with demonstrations like flintknapping, flute making, Lenape cooking, basketry and more at the Museum of Indian Culture ...