BTCC Friendship Belt: understanding wampum belts with Ken Maracle

Faith keeper of the Lower Cayuga Longhouse Ken Maracle makes a replica Haudenosaunee Friendship wampum belt for the 'Brightening the Covenant Chain' AHRC project, produced in the spirit of once again 'brightening' the Covenant Chain between the Haudenosaunee and the British Crown. Ken explains the idea of wampum and the meanings of the belt's features.
The 'Brightening the Covenant Chain' project deepens historical understanding of treaties as instruments of diplomacy and conquest, and presents them as contested and dynamic historical documents which remain central to contemporary debates on social and environmental justice in both American and trans-national contexts. treatiedspaces.com/diplomacy-...

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fascinating to see these being made

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Thank you for sharing this.

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Tanisi nitotemak. Cree Metis from Edmonton. Love his ribbon shirt. Wampum is a beautfiul art.