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Peter Chen / The Post-Standard Gregg Tripoli (left), executive director of the Onondaga Historical Association, returns a wampum belt that has been in the museum's possession back to Tadodaho Sid ...
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 wampum belt was taken as a spoil of war after the death of Wampanoag leader Metacom, also known as King Philip. Its whereabouts remain a mystery.
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 wampum belts were believed to be taken from a grave sometime in early 1900s, ... Tadodaho Sidney Hill said he hopes the exhibit will start dialogue and education about the Haudenosaunee people.
Wampum belts can be used as a form of currency, but they are primarily used as a means to record significant oral narratives for future generations. In "Reading the Wampum," Kelsey provides the first ...
It’s among the most precious wampum belts out there, but for more than a century since one man sold it – without permission from the community to which it belongs Two-Dog Wampum Belt to be ...
Tadodaho Sidney Hill stands on the shore of Onondaga Lake holding a replica of the Two Row Wampum Belt, which tribal leaders from the Haudenosaunee nations (also known as the Iroquois) point to as ...
The Jan. 1 article, "Is wampum proof of deal?" misses the essence of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign: It is about respect, friendship and our common future. The Two Row Wampum belt explains ...
The wampum belt is a traditional Indigenous craft and story telling device. Crafters use thousands of white and purple beads to create images which are symbolic or represent important treaties or ...
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