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wom puhm

  • n  informal terms for money
  • n  small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

  • For nearly 60 years after that, Heye bought just about every Indian artifact he could get his hands on Kwakiutl doorposts, Mayan jade idols, Lenape wampum belts, Nootka .
  • The Ivy Leaguers had sold out for wampum.
  • When the Great Chief of the White HouseCalled the tribes of men together For a conference on wampum In the forest of New Hampshire, Came the prophets of the nations,.
News & Articles

  • Two Row Wampum celebrates 400 years of friendship
    AURORA | As the participants made their way to the shore, spectators watching from land clapped for them as they completed the final yards of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign's Walk and Paddle event.
    June 8, 2013 - The Auburn Citizen
  • Wampum now Trail Town for North Country trail
    Anyone interested in the adventure of hiking a national trail need not go too far if they live close to Wampum. Wampum has been designated as the first Trail Town along the North Country National Scen
    June 6, 2013 - Ellwood City Ledger
  • Journey commemorates 400-year-old treaty
    It was a treaty made 400 years ago. But while times have certainly changed, supporters say the Two Row Wampum is now more important than ever. Tamara Lindstrom caught up with a group about to embark on a three-day journey to commemorate the agreement.
    June 5, 2013 - YNN Syracuse

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