The earliest known use of wampum, which are strings of beads made from clam shells, was by North American Indians in 1535. Most likely, this monetary medium existed well before this date.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Cracking a quahog shell with a deer antler is the first step in creating wampum beads and jewelry. But today, Native American artist Allen Hazard ...

Many different metals have been used as money, including copper, iron, tin, gold, and silver. Metal money can be melted down and used for other purposes, which makes it an appealing form of payment.

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It’s among the most precious wampum belts out there, but for more than a century since one man sold it – without permission from the community to which it belongs – it has been in colonial ...

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About 50 members of southwest Ontario's Munsee-Delaware First Nation will travel  Princeton, N.J. later this month to visit a Wampum belt that originated in their community and is believed to be more ...

All ages are invited to join Jessica Farmer, cultural programs coordinator at the Shako:wi Cultural Center, for a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) storytelling and wampum-making workshop at 2 p.m. Saturday, ...

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Investopedia / Jiaqi Zhou A shell corporation is a corporation without active business operations or significant assets. These types of corporations are not all necessarily illegal, but they are ...