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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