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wampum-keeper
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an Indian chief responsible for the care and interpretation of wampum belts.
See: wampum reader
Quotations
1883
It ranked also among the ancient traditions of the Wampum keepers. . . .
1956
The affairs of the League [of the Iroquois] were debated several times a year in the Council, which consisted of fifty chiefs. . . . Some of these chiefs . . . held special positions, such as the speaker, the fire-keeper, the door-keeper, and the wampum-keeper whose duties were like those of a recording secretary.