Wampum


Target


In this lesson, you will learn about wampum and its uses.

Introduction


These are examples of wampum.  In this lesson, you will learn about the messages contained in them.

Often, wampum is misunderstood and misused!  Sometimes people think it means money, but it does not.  Wampum was the method by which the Confederacy members kept track of the Great Law of Peace and other records.
Wampums, treaties with the Dutch and George Washington in New York