A Voice from the Eastern Door

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  • Exploring Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Material Culture

    Emily Tarbell|Oct 6, 2011

    On Thursday, Sept. 29, Carl Benn PhD. lectured at the Akwesasne Museum on Exploring Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Material Culture. He spoke on the importance of using objects to understand the past. During his slide show of objects and paintings he spoke on the importance of spiritual identity, the aesthetics of objects and the indigenous voices in the objects. Examples were the sun shaped shells, trade silver designs, red and black colors (signifying life and death) as it relates to honoring culture...