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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
While going through a pamphlet collection on banking history for her Junior Fellow project, guest author Kelsey Moore takes an interest in two pamphlets on North American shell money, also known as wampum, which circulated before the rise of silver and gold in the colonies.
Posted in: Money, Native American History
Posted by: Nate Smith
Library of Congress Intern Brian Jimenez examines how Ancient Maya heavily incorporated plants into their society and assigned them different roles.
Posted in: Botany, Cookbooks and Food, Hispanic American History, Native American History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post is about a door detail of Sequoyah on the bronze door of the John Adams Building.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building, Native American History, Pic of the Week