I just saw this on Mastodon, posted by the amazing Maurice. This is just beautiful. Here’s the information that my man provided over on Mastodon:
I came across this on one of the other sites and it really shook me. The art is from the story “Dorvan V” by Canadian Cree artist Alina Pete from the comics anthology Indiginerds: Tales from Modern Indigenous Life, which is coming out in July.
It’s believed that; the Massachusetts would walk the continent trading. They brought peyote to the Quebec and traded dentalium shells all over and spread the wampum. Almost all the north American tribes had a high regard for Wampum.
As far as I know, there is no evidence of wampum or peyote in the Mayan culture.
The Mexican and southern native tribes like the Apache were hardcore rivals. The Apache wouldn’t let the southern tribes invade the north. Many of the tribes that were north of the Apache would be almost totally dependent on the Apache for protection and would be the food and equipment providers for their efforts. But the baja of California was part of the Massachusetts trading tradition.