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The term wampum is a shortening of wampumpeag, which is derived from the Massachusett or Narragansett word meaning "white strings of shell beads". [6] [7] The Proto-Algonquian reconstructed form is thought to be (wa·p-a·py-aki), "white strings".
Wampum High School was home to the Wampum Indians. L Butler Hennon coached the team from 1933-1961. The Wampum Indians all-time record stood at 521-126 (.805). The Wampum Indians won the sectional title 16 times, three state championships (1955, 1959, 1960) and a record setting 82 consecutive games [11] between 1953-1959.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum hosted "Ripples: Through a Wampanoag Lens" (2020–21), an exhibition of her wampum and scrimshaw work to highlight Wampanoag cultural continuity. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2021, James-Perry worked on Radiant Community , one of the two installations in "Garden for Boston", a collaboration with Ekua Holmes outside the Museum ...
Wampum Run is a tributary of the Beaver River in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in south-central Lawrence County and flows northeast entering the Beaver River at Wampum, Pennsylvania . The watershed is roughly 11% agricultural, 83% forested and the rest is other uses.
Hiawatha and Dekanawidah created the Great Law of Peace, recorded in wampum belts, to solidify the bond between the original five nations of the Iroquois. Among the names of the fifty traditional Hoyenah ( sachems ) of the Haudenosaunee, Hiawatha (among others) is a representative of the Mohawk, and Tadodaho of the Onondaga.
one type of wampum beads traditionally used by some Native American peoples of the eastern United States; See also. Wampis language, of Peru;
A rocky peak 3,325 metres (10,909 ft) high on the south side of the crater rim of Mount Hampton. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by US-ACAN for Keith E. Marks, electronics engineer, National Bureau of Standards, a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959-60.
Whomp 'Em, the North American version of the Japanese game Saiyūki World 2: Tenjōkai no Majin (西遊記ワールド2 天上界の魔神, lit."Saiyūki World 2: Evil Spirit of Heaven") (1990), is a platform game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in March 1991. [1]