Wampum Belt. [League Belt of the Iroquois Property of Chief Johnson, Of Grand River, Ontario]
Description
- Creators
- National Museum Of The American Indian, Author
- Carrie Feldman, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Publication
- Item Type
- Documents
- Description
- This report is about the League Belt of the Iroquois, and the Haudenosaunee request for repatriation.
It demonstrates the archival, photographic, and provenance evidence associated with this wampum belt, which demonstrate that it is a Confederacy (or National) belt of the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee that was formerly under the stewardship of Grand River wampum keeper. This belt represents a political agreement between the British Crown and the Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations Reserve. Claim Assessment: Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules and Regulations for NMAI 008386.000
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Repatriation Department
- Date of Original
- Oct 2011
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Johnson, John Smoke ; Johnson, Pauline
- Local identifier
- SNPL000409v00d
- Collection
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.06681 Longitude: -80.11635
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- Donor
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses are subject to the terms of a contract. Contact the repository for further information. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 2011
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
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