Shako:wi Cultural Center

Shako:wi Cultural Center

Shako:wi Cultural Center

Housed in a handcrafted white pine log building on Nation lands, Shako:wi is filled with items and stories from the rich past and present of the Oneida People.Read more »

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Wampum at the Shako:wi Cultural Center

Wampum at the Shako:wi Cultural Center

Wampum attests to the truth, importance and significance of a message. To our forefathers, wampum was a symbolic material linked, in ancient tradition, to the Peacemaker's founding of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Read more »

Chief's kasto:w&iacute;h<u>e'</u> at the Shako:wi Cultural Center

Chief's kasto:wíhe' at the Shako:wi Cultural Center

This is an example of the kasto:wíhe' (or kostoweh), the traditional headdress of the Iroquois. Read more »

Museum-Quality Corn Husk Dolls Grace Shako:wi Collection

Museum-Quality Corn Husk Dolls Grace Shako:wi Collection

These dolls illustrate a sometimes forgotten aspect of our culture - that it is a living culture. These were not constructed as museum pieces, rather they are the work of a loving elder for her grand-niece. Read more »

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