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Wampum
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informal terms for money
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a shell beads used by some Native American tribes as currency or ceremonial items
Example
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy used wampum belts as a means of recording and conveying important treaties and agreements.
Early European settlers in North America often traded with Native American tribes using wampum beads as a form of currency.
The word wampum is derived from the Algonquian language and refers to both the beads themselves and the traditional practice of using them in trade and diplomacy.
