Native nations & living voices
Elizabeth James-Perry
Contemporary artist
Massachusetts connection
Aquinnah Wampanoag homelands; Dartmouth
James-Perry is an Aquinnah Wampanoag artist who works with wampum and plant fibers. She combines family knowledge, research, and careful preparation of natural materials. Her art helps carry knowledge forward. She received a National Heritage Fellowship in 2023.
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- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- How did this person care for a community, its rights, or its knowledge?
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“Elizabeth James-Perry mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
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