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 ...

By Jill Newman For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, the purplish hard coverings of clams found along North Atlantic shores, which they fashioned into beads called wampum to ...

For Wabanaki and other Indigenous peoples, the purple and white shell beads of wampum served as a record of events, a symbol of connection and as currency. These values are symbolized through the ...