well from what I hear they traded instead of wampum
Wampum was a bead made from shells. For many years it was a key currency used in the colonial times. The purple ones were particularly prized, as there was only a small part of the shell that could be used to make them. Wealthy Indians and even colonists would wear belts and sashes of wampum. Actually, Wampums are money that some Native Americans use. Please note: Wampum or Wampum belts, were not used as money among Native American tribes as that was a European introduction where colonists used it as a medium of exchange (money). wampum was invented by the iroquis
Bow and arrows, tomahawks
Chinooks did not have money like we understand money today. Chinooks traded items to get what they wanted or needed. Dentalia shells were prized and very valuable. In the early 1900s a large carved shell could by several bags of groceries.
None, no American Indian tribe used any form of currency (money) - including the mythical "Wampum"-until they started having frequent contact with European settlers. The Cherokee were very quick to take on a lot of European ways. They were earning and spending U.S. dollars long before the "Trail of Tears"what do you mean? -_-
The Iroquois used wampum belts to tell things about the past. They were also used to remind people of the Great Peace.
To symbolize what the people were like. Whom ever wore what kind of wampum belt.
they use wampum
well from what I hear they traded instead of wampum
yes they traded for them
Wampum was a bead made from shells. For many years it was a key currency used in the colonial times. The purple ones were particularly prized, as there was only a small part of the shell that could be used to make them. Wealthy Indians and even colonists would wear belts and sashes of wampum. Actually, Wampums are money that some Native Americans use. Please note: Wampum or Wampum belts, were not used as money among Native American tribes as that was a European introduction where colonists used it as a medium of exchange (money). wampum was invented by the iroquis
it could be used for,storytelling,adding on to history,asking for marrige,gifts,to show an agreement between two groups of people,and to declare a war or reuest peace between two groups. I'm glad i helped
The characteristics of a wampum belt is it is made out of white and purple beads and made of certain kinds of seashell's. Each string or belt holds a different message. The use of wampum stings or belts suggested the seriousness of the message and the sincerity of whoever made it. A wampum keeper was responsible for caring for the wampum and reading it. The reader would pass this hand over top of it ,bead by bead using the texture top remind him of the event or treaties it recorded. Wampum keepers were chosen by the clan they trained at a young age younger then 12 to remember the information on the belts and tell it in a dramatic and poetic way. Iroquois women made the wampum belts.
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.
That's going to cost us some serious wampum, dear.
They made Pottery to hold objects, Baskets to also carry objects,knives,cups,fur clothes,sinew back bow, arrow straighteners, arrows, spears, harpoons, buoys, weirs, nets, hooks, copper kettles, wampum belts, muskets (from the Europeans), Cumbersome, Flintlocks (from the Europeans).
yes it is called wampum