Columbia University Native Students Are Taking Back Manhattan

Simon Moya-Smith
April 12, 2013
The Native American students of Columbia University in New York City are plotting to take back the island of Manhattan. Their tactic? A pow wow...

From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First Currency—And Lost Its Power

Ann C. Tweedy
January 14, 2013
When Prince Philip of the Pokanokets (later known as the Wampanoags) proudly wore his wampum—decorative beads made from whelk and clam shells—he was proudly declaring several thing...

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