wampum before adopting the legal paper currency and coins of the latter 1800’s. Once paper money and coinage were adopted as the only legal tender in the United States, ...

June 22 is perhaps an even more consequential semiquincentennial, even if there are no re-enactors or commemorative ...

Once paper money and coinage were adopted as the only legal tender in the United States, the federal government no longer recognized all former currency, tobacco or fur wampum included.

Wampum, beads, both light and dark are incredibly delicate and require significant time and attention in order to create. This is an old art form and the techniques, even how to make the beads ...

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 ...

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 ...