wampum diplomacy

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Indigenous diplomatic practice political communication system

Wampum diplomacy is an Indigenous North American diplomatic practice that uses woven shell bead belts as symbolic records and instruments of political agreements, alliances, and treaties.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous diplomatic practice ⓘ political communication system ⓘ
aimsAt	clarifying political relationships ⓘ maintaining peace ⓘ
continuesIn	contemporary Indigenous diplomacy ⓘ
contrastsWith	written European treaty documents ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Eastern Woodlands Indigenous nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	conflict resolution ⓘ recording alliances ⓘ recording political agreements ⓘ recording treaties ⓘ relationship maintenance ⓘ serving as instruments of agreements ⓘ symbolic communication ⓘ
hasGeographicRegion	Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInterpretiveAuthority	designated wampum keepers ⓘ knowledge holders ⓘ
hasLegalRole	evidence of treaties ⓘ record of obligations ⓘ record of rights ⓘ
hasNorm	mutual consent ⓘ public accountability ⓘ reciprocity ⓘ renewal of relationships ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ early colonial period ⓘ pre-contact era ⓘ
involvesObject	Covenant Chain wampum belts NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty wampum belts ⓘ Two Row Wampum belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesPractice	exchange of belts ⓘ formal council meetings ⓘ oratory and speech-making ⓘ presentation of belts ⓘ public witnessing of agreements ⓘ
relatedTo	Indigenous law ⓘ colonial-Indigenous relations ⓘ nation-to-nation relationships ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ treaty federalism in Canada ⓘ
symbolSystem	iconographic designs ⓘ mnemonic encoding of agreements ⓘ patterns of white and purple beads ⓘ
usesMaterial	woven shell beads ⓘ
usesMedium	wampum belts NERFINISHED ⓘ

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