An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum beads as Morse code. The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally or ...

Outside of her day job as a travel agent, Stacey Mitchell keeps busy designing clothes with a touch of Mohawk flair. Mitchell, 39, is from Akwesasne, a Mohawk community that straddles the Quebec ...