Talk:Wampum
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[edit] Tori... huh?
- "Musician Tori Amos composed a short Prayer on her Scarlet's Walk album, which is thematically very Native-oriented. The song briefly addresses the Trail of Tears, as well as the importance of prayer to the Aboriginal American peoples"
What does this have to do with Wampum? --babbage 19:37, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Oh, it's Wampum Prayer. Fair enough, and fixed. --babbage 19:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Energies?
Can anyone explain exactly how wampum is related to these vague mystical energies? Is this a historical fact, or a modern use of wampum? What groups or individuals use or view it that way?
Wampum represents something, a memory, an agreement, etc. Perhaps it was more like a contract than money, since it was more specific. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.191.8.192 (talk) 05:56:47, August 19, 2007 (UTC)
William Sidis said that these were traditionally used as documentation, going so far as saying they used a language where beads represented definite ideas which was known among all the tribal nations so treaties could be formed between people who could not communicate otherwise. He heavily researched this leading to his 10000 year history of America "The Tribes and the States", available online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.244.44 (talk) 18:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Comment culled from article
Please note: This illustration differs from the photo at The National Museum of the American Indian, NYC: http://americanindian.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=57011&&objmatbroad=Beads&objmatspec=Whelk%20shell%20beads%20(white%20wampum)
