Outside of her job as a travel agent, Stacey Mitchell keeps busy designing contemporary men and women's clothing inspired by her Mohawk culture. Content. ... Wampum belts, made of beads from ...

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 ...

From wampum belts to sky domes, this fashion designer uses her Mohawk culture for inspiration. Ka’nhehsí:io Deer | CBC News | Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2020 9:00 AM | Last Updated: January ...

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 ...

An Ancient Wampum Belt. Share full article. Feb. 4, 1894. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 4, 1894, Page 19 Buy Reprints.

The Hiawatha wampum belt tells the story of the Haudenosaunee’s legendary founding and wampum’s power to heal. It tells of a warrior named Hiawatha who meets a prophet known as the Peacemaker.

The Two Row wampum belt on display replicates one that was presented by the Unkechaug Indian Nation of Long Island to British governors during the 1670s, the museum said.

The exhibition, called WAMPUM/OTGOÄ, runs at Ganondagan until Sept. 16, after which it will go to the McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal and then back to its home, the Musée du Quai Branly in ...

At the McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal, glass cases house precious wampum belts in a new exhibit that may be the biggest of its kind in the world.