Wampum: Beads of Diplomacy - Outstanding Achievement Award In the Social Impact CategoryFrom the McCord Stewart Museum The exhibition Wampum: Beads of Diplomacy brought together 40 wampum belts under the same roof—a first since museums began collecting them—and illuminated for the ...
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Nia:wen, Miigwetch, Thank You, Merci to Data Stewards and GKS Research Assistants
From Cara Krmpotich GRASAC’s Knowledge Sharing Platform runs thanks to a lot of “behind-the-scenes” work. This past year, three masters students – Natasha Fares, Shamina Vastani and Connor White – have been revising records to better reflect that the items in the GKS are frequently ...
GKS Spotlight
Close up of patches on Wendat wall hanging, currently residing in the Museum Volkenkunde. A little serendipity can go a long way! A recent email from Wendat artist Manon Sioui led Cara Krmpotich to do a search for Wendat relatives in the GKS. Front of mind were Wendat items in the Ethnologisches ...
Wampum Visit at Fisher Rare Book Library
From Cara Krmpotich GRASAC researchers Alan Ojiig Corbiere and Mikinaak Migwans look at a wampum belt using a light box. Alan Ojiig Corbiere organized a visit to the University of Toronto’s Fisher Rare Book Library to visit with a wampum belt purchased by the Library in 2016. While the ...
Congratulations to Annette de Stecher, winner of the 2023 Canadian Historical Association Indigenous History Book Prize
From Cara Krmpotich Intricate and skillful Wendat embroidery graces the cover of Wendat Women’s Arts by Annette de Stecher. A warm congratulations to long-time GRASAC researcher Annette de Stecher for her book Wendat Women’s Arts, which was awarded the 2023 Indigenous History Book Award ...