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A note on the return of eleven wampum belts to the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy on...
- Source :
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Ethnohistory . Spring98, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p219. 18p. 8 Black and White Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Discusses the repatriation of eleven wampum belts, belts designed with shell beads, on May 8, 1998 to the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy on Grand River, Canada. Significance of the wampum belts to Iroquois tradition and culture; Reference to an article on the return of the belts in the text `Ethnohistory,' by William N. Fenton; Details on a ceremony staged at the Onondaga Longhouse on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario; Factors which prompted the belt's return.
- Subjects :
- *WAMPUM belts
*NATIVE American clothing
*IROQUOIS (North American people)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00141801
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ethnohistory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 834463
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/483059