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Covenant Chain Wampum Belt

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Covenant Chain Wampum Belt is a belt representing an agreement between 24 nations and the British.[1]

In Anishinabek News

  • January 2026: The belt was presented at the Treaty of Niagara in 1764 to establish friendship and a promise not to take land. The original belt was made with 10,076 wampum beads and featured designs of chains, diamonds representing fires, and two people. Isaac Murdoch displayed a replica belt, described as a descendant of the original, during a presentation in Thunder Bay.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Storytelling with Isaac Murdoch at Lakehead University", Anishinabek News, 13 January 2026 (archived copy; original article).