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Wampum (3 resources)

Symposium—Linking Arms and Brightening the Chain: Building Relations through Treaties

Symposium—Linking Arms and Brightening the Chain: Building Relations through Treaties

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An artist, writer, curator, and professor, Richard W. Hill, Sr. (Tuscarora), speaks on placing Native American art history, history, and culture in its proper context.

Symposium—Preamble to the Republic: Condolence, Wampum, and the Language of Peace

Symposium—Preamble to the Republic: Condolence, Wampum, and the Language of Peace

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Family members speak on the history, culture, and meaning of the Great Law of Peace, the clanmother system, and the symbology of the longhouse leadership culture as represented in wampum and other materials.

Nation to Nation: Introduction

Nation to Nation: Introduction

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While many treaty promises remain unfulfilled, the principle of sovereignty makes treaties vital to Indian life today.

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