ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A wampum belt ceremony was held at the Harley School Tuesday. Fourth graders at the school designed and presented a wampum belt — an important symbolic artifact of the ...

Photo Lot 86-58, Copy of James N. Edy photograph of Chiefs of the Six Nations explaining their wampum belts, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. The Seneca are the largest of ...

Little Hills and Beautiful Basket The Story of Grand Council at Onondaga by Dehowӓhda·dih- Brad Powless   “Watch out Little Hills!” said Harvest Leaves. Little Hills wasn’t paying attention.  She ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Cracking a quahog shell with a deer antler is the first step in creating wampum beads and jewelry. But today, Native American artist Allen Hazard ...

The Métis sash is developed from both European and First Nations roots. Several Eastern Canadian First Nations groups shared the tradition of the wampum belt, a sash-like belt made of hide upon which ...

The duo will also demonstrate and display culturally meaningful objects and materials, including woven baskets, slippery elm bark, and wampum belts. With the latter (daily 11 a.m. to 4 p.m ...

A First Peoples Studies course at Concordia delved into the historical and contemporary significance of wampum belts. This immersive experience offeried students an opportunity to explore Indigenous ...