small beads made by North American Indians, strung tether and worn as a decoration and used as money
A wampums iconic white beads are indeed made from shells.
they lived in wampums and teepees made of buffalo skin wood and stone
"Wampum" is not a word for a dwelling, it more or less translates as "beads" or "money". It would be difficult to live in it.
Shell belts used as money were called wampums -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While the Native people did not use wampums as money originally, when Europeans came to the Americas, they realized the importance of wampum to Native people and soon, they were trading wampum shells with the native peoples of New England and New York. The New England colonies demonetized wampum in 1663, but it continued as currency in New York until 1673. Other cultures also used shells as money - see the related link below.
A wampum belt is a belt that is made from strings of shell beads. The beads are made from shells that can only be found along Long Island Sound and the Narragansett Bay. The colors can vary depending on the shell, but are traditionally white.
The Iroquois had a league of nations. They had a constitution that was written in wampums. Each tribe had their own council. Men ruled but the clan mother had a great deal of power.
the cayuga tribe had shamans which were the medicine men and they believed in the spirit world. their families were in clans and they claimed a common ancestor. they used wampums (a bead made from shells or the strings, belts, sashes) to decorate tools, weapons, and jewelry. white stood for peace and black stood for gloomy matters. the children played with cornhusk dolls and babies were in cradleboards.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern ---PUM-. That is, seven letter words with 4th letter P and 5th letter U and 6th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: wampums
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern WA---M-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 2nd letter A and 6th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: wabooms waesome wagsome wampums wartime
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -A-PU-S. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter P and 5th letter U and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: wampums
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern WAM--M-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 2nd letter A and 3rd letter M and 6th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: wampums
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -AMPU--. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter M and 4th letter P and 5th letter U. In alphabetical order, they are: lampuka lampuki wampums