Shinnecock Indian Nation western Connecticut, the lower Hudson River Valley, through present-day New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Like the other Native peoples of Long Island, the Shinnecock made "wampumpeag" (wampum), shell beads strung onto threads that were used as currency, for record-keeping, for aesthetic purposes, and to symbolize a family. These shell beads have been found at Native American-inhabited sites as far west as the Rocky Mountains, showing their value in a trade. Although other New England tribes produced "wampumpeag", the Indians of Long Island are reputed to have made the best. Paumanac, one of the many names given to Long Island, means
Shell-less chick embryo culture Shell-less chick embryo culture Shell-less chick embryo culture is the process of growing chick embryos "in vitro", without their protective egg shells, for scientific observation. Chick embryos and other avian embryos have been biological models to visualize the developmental stages of embryos for education and to instigate embryological manipulations. Using this technique, observations can be made, whether it is a induced-malformation caused due to effect of teratogens or the route of viruses inoculations such as HIV or herpes simplex. Furthermore, preservation of endangered avian and development of transgenic birds using surrogate egg shell culture have been contrived by scientists across