Le fusil de Tulle tronqué est enfin terminé! Tout a été fabriqué à l'aide d'outils manuels traditionnels. L'ensemble des garnitures et vis ont été forgées en vieux fer. Le fût de noyer Européen est décoré avec plus de 250 billes de #wampum. La réparation du poignet est aussi en vieux fer et maintenu avec des clous de cuivre. Le guidon est fait d'une pièce en cuivre de 2 tournois de c.1630.

#artisan #armurier #blacksmith #metiersdart #flintlock
#muzzleloading #arquebuse #CMAQ

Et voilà, c'est terminé pour l'incrustation des billes de #wampum et la "fausse" réparation du poignet de crosse en vieux fer.

#artisan #artisanat #armurier #blacksmith #metiersdart #flintlock #muzzleloading #arquebuse #CMAQ

🇨🇦 Newfoundland: 'Extremely unusual' discovery of wampum beads in Ferryland believed to be province's first
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/wampum-beads-discovered-ferryland-nl-1.7622102

Seven beads were found during dig at the Colony of Avalon
#archaeology #wampum #Indigenous

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Peninsula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampum

Great work! 👍️

Honouring Indigenous Famine Aid from Quebec and Ireland Lacrosse pays tribute to the Mohawk First Nation of Kahnawà:ke, the Abenaki First Nation of Odanak, and the Huron-Wendat First Nation of Wendake in Canada East -- now Quebec -- that contributed to Irish Famine relief in 1847.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chja59E0D3s

#FirstNations #Ireland #GreatFamine #wampum #lacrosse

Shell Beads

This strand of beads is an example of traded shell beads. Below the necklace you will see a quahog shell, the material most #wampum beads were made out of. Wampum was not just for adornment; it was the first form of currency in the region.

Shell disk bead necklace, late 20th century. Gift of Ann Orvieto.

Quahog shell. Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.

I pass this property on Guelph Street often. Until a few years ago, that shitty stretch of lawn used to be a big cluster of juniper, bearberry, and milkweed. It was necessary food and habitat for monarch butterflies and other critters. Now it is a food desert for pollinators.

And that sign they have along the sidewalk is the meanest, most selfish sign I've ever seen directed to pedestrians. It shows they really don't give a shit about children and pedestrians.

And that last sentence about "these lands" is pretty fucking awful. These lands are on the Haldimand Tract. They're occupied, stolen lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg. These lands are under the Dish With One Spoon wampum, and this sign shows the people who currently "own" this property have no intention of honouring that treaty.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/a-dish-with-one-spoon#:~:text=A%20%E2%80%9Cdish%20with%20one%20spoon,spirit%20of%20mutual%20co%2Doperation

#kitchener #HabitatDestruction #ProtectTheTract #HaldimandTract #DishWithOneSpoonTreaty #wampum #MonarchButterflies #AntiPedestrian #CarCulture #Treaty @waterlooregion