Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum

Funding for the project will support a collaboration between Narragansett tribal members and Narragansett wampum artist, Allen Hazard, who has been creating wampum art for over 35 years. As a cultural practice, the wampum belt depicts the stories of the Narragansett people and traditionally the creation of wampum belts was a collaborative effort. During the year, there will be 4 workshops instructing Narragansett tribal members about wampum, their rich history as wampum makers, and they will participate in making a piece of wampum to add to the belt. The belt will become part of a Wampum exhibit at Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum that will include the history of wampum, historical pieces from the Tomaquag collection, archival quotes, as well as oral history recorded via digital audio or video recordings.