Montreal museum brings together unprecedented collection of historical wampum belts

Hundreds of years after being given to European nations by Indigenous peoples from across the northeast, a collection of wampum belts have returned to Canada for the first time.Forty wampum belts dating back to the 17th century that are currently held in public and private institutions across Europe, Quebec, and Ontario are part of a new exhibition, Wampum: Beads of Diplomacy, at Montreal's McCord Stewart Museum.It's a historic moment for Jonathan Lainey, curator of Indigenous cultures at McCord

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