"A big goal of the exhibit was the (Pequots) wanted to share the history of their people, but also reinforce the idea that Pequots are ... still here, despite everything that has happened to them." ...

The shells hold cultural importance and are sought after by artists and crafters — but finding them can be difficult ...

Cooper explained that wampum belt “beads” were traditionally seashells. The Cherokees were not often coastal residents, but through commerce and treaties with other tribes, the art form found its way ...

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 adorn ceremonial ...

Generations of Native artistry on display in Martha's Vineyard and Dartmouth, Massachusetts Native artists bridge past and present through creations of a Wampum belt and quahog shell jewelry ...

One of the most precious and culturally significant wampum belts is set to return home to Kanesatake, after being in colonial hands for more than a century since one man sold it – without permission ...

The Indians were accustomed to spitting on strings of blue wampum and rubbing the shell beads vigorously to make sure that they were the hearts of genuine quahog clamshells and weren’t just ...

Thoughts on Wampum & Other Indigenous Customs By Dan Rattiner 7 minute 07/06/2024 Wampum beads in the quahog shells they’re made from, Photo: Shane Weeks The little villages that dot the East End of ...

Wampum, painstakingly fashioned from pierced shell, was so valuable in trade and diplomacy that the French even tried manufacturing imitation wampum from porcelain, while the Venetian glass beads ...

Jonathan Lainey, a curator at the McCord Stewart, was working on an exhibit of wampum belts, which are made of shell beads and used in ceremonies, or exchanged for diplomatic purposes between ...

An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum beads as Morse code. The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally or ...