See also the description of
wampum in this issue of MLL, p M4.
As Indigenous and non-indigenous people grapple with genuine attempts to forge a post-colonial relationship, they face a fundamental dilemma: Does the path to decolonization and self-government lie in making space within the existing institutions of Canadian government for Indigenous people (berths in the settlers' ship) or do such shared institutions fundamentally contradict the nation-to-nation relationship envisioned in the Two-Row
Wampum and the inherent right to self-government?
Bernardin: Just as the interrelationship of the visual and verbal offers audiences multiple portals to access your stories, your stories offer readers varying levels of access depending on their knowledge of diverse references, ranging from
wampum to Star Trek, Pink Floyd to commodity food.
Information on
wampum belt history and usage can be found at the Friends of Ganondagan website, ganondagan.org/Learning/Wampum, hosted by the Seneca Peoples of the Six Nations Iroquois, New York State.
Within the cornerstone was placed two identical glass canning jars, one containing settler artifacts from Brantford (named after Chief Brant), and a second with strings of
wampum and a copy of the 1784 Haldimand Land Grant from Six Nations.
We are off--a flotilla to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Two Row
Wampum, an epic journey to reclaim, and spread, its message.
But the author's interest in these shells focuses on how colonists in the cash-poor economies of early America adopted and adapted
wampum. Drawing on his expertise in literature and coinage--the book is published in association with the American Numismatic Society--and building on his valuable work on money and language, Shell shows that, like coins or paper money,
wampum had agreed-upon meanings and values that facilitated exchange between individuals and societies; he considers how Americans utilized
wampum, and he illustrates that Native Americans left an enduring impression on American banking and currency in the form of multiple Native American images on American coins and banknotes.
Then, Harrison presented his own belt of
wampum, symbolizing his hopes for a new peace.
Identified by John Musick, Wellsville, Kansas; Joe Johnson, Parkersburg, West Virginia; Sam Schoen hats, Ridgecrest, California; Dennis Howard, Boyne Falls, Michigan; Marlin 0 Herbst, Merrill, Iowa; Relph Farnsworth, New Haven, Vermont; Tom Keys; Bill Paloutzian, Shaver Lake, California; Robert Baird,
Wampum, Pennsylvania; Donald D.
The collaboration of Europeans, Africans and Indians can be gleaned from the "objects of interaction" like
wampum beads, pottery, and stone tools recovered in excavations conducted by Andre Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts between 1999 and 2006, the research upon which Hayes based her study.
The building's seller,
Wampum LLC, had previously used the building for various commercial uses including retail, office, and warehouse space.
Cherokee is on an Indian reservation, and it's dotted with numberless gift shops with names like TeePee and TomTom and
Wampum, gathered around the foot of a gigantic, eye-popping Harrah's Casino.