REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS VIRTUAL EVENT

Wampum belts are of cultural, sacred, and symbolic significance to the Wampanoag nation. Paula will discuss how the search for the lost treasurers of Metacom following the King Philip’s war in 1676 led to the revival of traditional art of wampum belt and connections it made to history and culture. The search for Metacom’s belt continues today.

Free virtual program.

Paula Peters is the founder of the Native American creative agency SmokeSygnals; an independent scholar; and a politically, socially, and culturally active member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. As an independent scholar and writer of Native, and particularly Wampanoag history, she is a producer of the traveling exhibit “Our” Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History and is currently engaged in the Wampum Belt Project in search of the lost treasures of Metacom, including an effort to restore the art and tradition of wampum making among her people. She is the executive producer of the 2016 documentary film Mashpee Nine and author of the companion book. She lives with her extended family in Mashpee and travels internationally to speak and educate on the true Wampanoag story. A graduate of Bridgewater State College she was formerly a writer at the Cape Cod Times where she won numerous national awards for her journalism.