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WOMEN OF WAMPUM

A tradition shaped by the tides and restored by the matriarchs.

2026 Selecció Oficial IndieFest festival graphic with laurel wreath
2026 Selecció Oficial IndieFest festival graphic with laurel wreath
Official Selection Buffalo International Film Festival 2026 graphic with laurel wreath
Official Selection Buffalo International Film Festival 2026 graphic with laurel wreath
2026 official selection Fresh Coast Film Festival graphic with laurel wreath
2026 official selection Fresh Coast Film Festival graphic with laurel wreath
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival 2026 Official Selection graphic with a filmmaker, camera, house, and laurel wreath
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival 2026 Official Selection graphic with a filmmaker, camera, house, and laurel wreath
Award winner New York International Women Festival July 2026 graphic with laurel wreath
Award winner New York International Women Festival July 2026 graphic with laurel wreath

A film collaboration between the Wampum Lab and Bravebird® Productions

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A living Tradition, Reclaimed

What began in 2022 as an Indigenous women-led movement to reclaim ancestral wampum traditions culminated in a historic gathering across the homelands of Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. Captured on film by Bravebird Productions, Women of Wampum chronicles this sacred reconnection to land, water, and living tradition.

International Film Festival Selections

A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

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Aquinnah Cultural Center Wampanoag History Museum logo
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University of Waterloo Office of Research logo with heraldic shield
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Wampum Lab logo depicting Indigenous people, a whale, heron, canoe, water, and aquatic plants
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The Water Institute logo with blue water droplet
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Bravebird logo featuring a stylized black bird in flight
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada bilingual logo with Canadian flag and Canada wordmark