Can Peace be Purchased?
Wherein archaeologist Dr. Steve Nash and I look at and discuss a fascinating, powerful, and complicated collection of artifacts. What do you think: can peace, or loyalty, be purchased? We've...
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This episode is brought to you by a collaboration with the Denver Museum of Nature and Sicence and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Museum collections like those at the Field preserve physical knowledge, but often, these collections can lead to more questions than answers. At least that�s the case when it comes to Peace Medals. Peace Medals are big, heavy things, usually made out of silver or bronze and typically depict the portrait of a king or president on one side, with a Latin phrase with additional imagery on the other. They were given out between the mid-1700s and the early 1900s by European and American rulers to various Native American tribal members and leaders. Receiving a peace medal often meant a tribe pledged allegiance to the country o...
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This episode is brought to you by a collaboration with the Denver Museum of Nature and Sicence and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Museum collections like those at the Field preserve physical knowledge, but often, these collections can lead to more questions than answers. At least that�s the case when it comes to Peace Medals. Peace Medals are big, heavy things, usually made out of silver or bronze and typically depict the portrait of a king or president on one side, with a Latin phrase with additional imagery on the other. They were given out between the mid-1700s and the early 1900s by European and American rulers to various Native American tribal members and leaders. Receiving a peace medal often meant a tribe pledged allegiance to the country o...
