The Making of the Wampum Belt

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4 жыл бұрын

The creation of a new Wampum Belt by the Native American Wampanoag Nation is one of the cornerstones of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's sailing, and it is told in this powerful new short film.
Four hundred years ago, the Wampanoag people met the people of the Mayflower when they arrived on American shores. Central to their culture was Wampum - items of huge spiritual significance, made and woven onto belts with extraordinary skill.
In 1675-76, the attritional King Philip’s War waged as the colonists killed thousands of Native Americans in their last stand against the expansion into their lands in what is described as the bloodiest battle in US history.
Among the fallen was Wampanoag leader Metacom, known as King Philip. His Wampum Belt was seized, stolen and is still missing today.

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@sanjayjogdand9102 14 күн бұрын

❤for Great People❤️

@sandrasoares9262 8 ай бұрын

Thankyou for your time today my heart goes with yous guy's 💓

@miloute1310 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful film! Never knew about the belt before

@MilagrosRuizBello 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!

@ocaphoenix5347 4 жыл бұрын

Powerful sharing for us all everywhere - many thx! & safe travels when u leave from Plymouth UK in November, 2020 x

@libertine40 8 ай бұрын

The Wampanoag once went all the way up to Maine and down into Connecticut...❣️🙏🏾❣️

@grantlawson7483 2 жыл бұрын

explaining the belt meaning would have been nice. I was looking forward to it being explained...

@SuperTah33 Жыл бұрын

I understand that it wasn't explained verbally, but if you'd like to know, it's in the "Symbols and stories" section of the screen at the 6:00 mark (granted it's a bit small).

@Bayan1905 2 жыл бұрын

I've done some beadwork before and with commercial beads made now, that are more uniform, it's time consuming. The amount of time that went into that original belt, having to first make that many beads and then the thousands and thousands of hours it must have taken to create that wampum belt. It's no wonder that they were so highly regarded by the tribes that created them. The Iroquois also made them along with other Eastern tribes.

@franklinkettle6853 9 ай бұрын

ALL MY BLACK NATIVES WHO MADE IT TO THIS CHANNEL FROM DOING REAL HOME HORK NOW YOU WILL LEARN WHO REALLY IS THE FIRST NATIVES OF SO CALLED AMERICA WE WELCOME YOU AND BE RESPECTFUL

@kevinbailey2518 2 жыл бұрын

Family💜♥💜❤I'm sorry 😞averyone ok peace I didn't now OK peace

@najjasisarwar8962 8 ай бұрын

i mean like, whats up with the belt??????? its kinda overwhelming i think so!

@kevinbailey2518 2 жыл бұрын

Family 💜♥ 💜❤I do believe promise peace 🏡home's and churches worldwide God family all creation family children of God family all of us believers why am I being picked on I understand your not many of us do and don't I'm sorry OK peace

@kevinbaileyjr9433 4 ай бұрын

Sorry averyone sorry

@patrickbyrne7882 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, but the text at the end about "my people met your people and our land was taken blah blah" was in poor taste and reminds me of how tired I am of this victimhood narrative. IT WAS 400 YEARS AGO. They aren't your people anymore. You would have nothing in common with them and would not be able to handle their lifestyle for a single day. Plus the land was SOLD by the Indians to fill their insatiable appetite for European goods. It was not taken. How about giving the Pilgrims credit for buying the land. Imagine the immeasurable value that iron goods had to a STONE AGED people. I am refering strictly to the experience of the Wampanoag tribe here, as they absolutely sold their lands with a full understanding of property rights.

@skp7736 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend checking out the historian Jean O'Brien's book Dispossession by Degrees to better contextualize this history.

@brittayost4041 3 жыл бұрын

Was it 400 years ago? Do they have their land back? They can't even get their belt back. Are they still fighting for their rights and sovereignty? It's not exactly 400 years ago if the injury is ongoing. Furthermore you are complaining more than anyone else right now. What did you lose? The remote?

@patrickbyrne7882 3 жыл бұрын

@@brittayost4041 Wampanoags sold sold their land to the Pilgrims. It was not taken. Your beloved peace loving tribe sold all of their land mainly to fund their endless wars with other local tribes. Also, notice these people in the video aren't using traditonal methods to make the wampum belt. That's because even the ancient Massasoit quit making wampum belts themselves because the English could do it so much better, cheaper, and more ornately than their stone aged Indian counterparts.

@alwaysawretch 2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickbyrne7882 Apparently it's 'stone-aged' to avoid destroying your environment via industrialism.

@patrickbyrne7882 2 жыл бұрын

@@alwaysawretch All Indian tribes were stoned aged civilizations. That's just fact.