Wampum jewelry is prized for its beauty, and cultural artisans utilize new skills and technology to imbue each shell and bead with story and culture.

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 ...

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 ...

James-Perry is the first Wampanoag and first indigenous person from Massachusetts to receive the recognition, National Endowment for the Arts says.

WAMPUM/OTGOÄ will run at Ganondagan until Sept. 16, after which it will go to Montreal and then back to France. The Musée du Quai Branly has already begun to explore similar relationships with ...

Martin Sullivan; returned sacred wampum. State Museum head guided pact with Onondagas in 1989. By Jordan Carleo-Evangelist Updated March 3, 2014 10:14 p.m.