Squint Partners wth ECU Lifelong Learning Program

Dr. Kirstin Squint partnered with Alston Cobourn, Head of University History and Records, and Kristen Daniel, Special Collections Instruction and Outreach Librarian, on an ECU Lifelong Learning Program class entitled, “Neyuherú·kęʼ Wampum Belt.” The class overviewed the Neyuherú·kęʼ Wampum Belt, gifted to East Carolina University in 2013 at the Nooherooka 300 Symposium by representatives of the Tuscarora Nation of New York. The presentation focused on the relationship of the wampum belt to the Tuscarora War and the people of North Carolina, its role as a non-alphabetic text and storytelling device, and the ways ECU engages students and communities with the wampum belt.