Some of the history she is using to build that awareness, is the ongoing search for a particular heirloom that has great value to the Wampanoag people — Metacom's wampum belt. Metacom ...

In the 1600s, when the Wampanoag people on Cape Cod held ceremonial events, their leader, Metacom (aka King Philip), would have been a prominent stand-out, wearing an intricately fashioned wampum ...

For Peters, it was the series’ ability to pull the many Wampanoag bands together that made her proud to be a part of the production. Like the wampum belt, which also included brain-tanning deer ...

There's also a non-recognized tribe, the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe in Plymouth, and some smaller bands. A new wampum belt may help locate an older one Peters, the Wampanoag historian ...

the wampum belt of Metacom, a 17th-century leader of the Wampanoag Native American nation. Woven with imagery depicting tribal history and legends, the beaded belt was “as important to the ...

An Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal elder and wampum artist who created a wampum belt that tells the story of Aquinnah Wampanoag history. The belt is made up of over 1,000 white and purple beads carved ...

A wampum belt made by the Wampanoag community will tour the UK to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's voyage. (SmokeSygnals ) Four hundred years ago, and after a few failed attempts to ...

“Wampum: Stories and Shells from Native America,” will have as its centerpiece a newly made belt created by the Wampanoag in Massachusetts, shown alongside four belts from the British Museum ...

the wampum belt of Metacom, a 17th-century leader of the Wampanoag Native American nation. Woven with imagery depicting tribal history and legends, the beaded belt was “as important to the ...