Recording History Through Oral Tradition
This video, filmed on location at the Onondaga Nation School in Onondaga Nation, focuses on the purpose of oral tradition in Haudenosaunee culture including a description of how wampum belts are a means to record history and treaties. This video accompanies New York State Education Department ELA curriculum module 4M1A.
Wahsoñdiyoh - Nancy Powless, Eel Clan
Shohwehnona'- Carson Campbell, Wolf Clan
The New York State Museum is a program of the University of the State of New York
New York State Education Department