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When Speck surveyed the Wabanaki tribes early in this cen- tury , all the tribes had lost their wampums , excepting only the Cape Breton Micmacs , who declined to give him detailed infor- mation on the forms , functions , or meanings of ...
When Speck surveyed the Wabanaki tribes early in this cen- tury , all the tribes had lost their wampums , excepting only the Cape Breton Micmacs , who declined to give him detailed infor- mation on the forms , functions , or meanings of ...
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It is said to repre- sent the " union of the four eastern tribes in their local alliance ” . It has a dark background denoting former hostility among the tribes , lightened on the margins with white borders denoting the bands of ...
It is said to repre- sent the " union of the four eastern tribes in their local alliance ” . It has a dark background denoting former hostility among the tribes , lightened on the margins with white borders denoting the bands of ...
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When the mourning belt was received by the chief of a confederate tribe he might either forward it to another ... This string is described by Speck ( 1919 : 38 ) as follows : The four looped lengths represent the four tribes of the ...
When the mourning belt was received by the chief of a confederate tribe he might either forward it to another ... This string is described by Speck ( 1919 : 38 ) as follows : The four looped lengths represent the four tribes of the ...
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