Great Lakes Native Quilting

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Joan Clark (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa),
The Crane and the Turtle,
1999
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
54" square
Collection of MSUM, acc# 1999:35.1

Rita Corbiere (Ojibwe),
Eagle Star, (prop quilt on ice fishing shanty)
ca. 1999
Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
92" x 92"
Collection of MSUM, T.C. 9

Rita Corbiere (Ojibwe),
Thunderbird Star Quilt,
1991
Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
91" l x 82 1/2" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 7181.1

Rita Corbiere (Ojibwe), Alice Fox (Ojibwe), and Rita Fairbanks (White Earth Chippewa),
Indian Headdress Quilt, (prop quilt on cradle)
1990
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
74 1/2" l x 41" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 7105.1

Melinda J. Doxtator (Oneida),
Crazy Quilt,
begun 1976, completed 1996
Oneida, Wisconsin
87 1/2" l x 62" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 1997:120.1

Rita Fairbanks (White Earth Chippewa),
Morning Star Quilt,
ca. 1990
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
75" l x 75" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 7102.1

Alice Fox, Rita Corbiere, and Floyd Fox (Ojibwe),
Thunderbird Block Quilt,
ca. 1985
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
87" l x 74" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 6653.1

Grand Traverse Bay Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Elders,
Embroidered Quilt,
completed 1993
Suttons Bay, Michigan
92 1/2" l x 80" w
Private Collection

Chris Haraburda (Shawnee/Chippewa),
Pictures in the Stars,
1993
Wyoming, Michigan
50" l x 40" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 1999:27.2

Chris Haraburda (Chippewa/Shawnee),
Stars from Hollie,
1999
Grand Rapids, Michigan
75" l x 61" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 1999:27.1

Attributed to Violet Harder (Odawa),
Star Quilt, (prop quilt on bed)
ca. 1990
Peshawbestown, Michigan
88" l x 72 1/2" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 7031.1

Mrs. Ogahmahgegedo (Odawa),
Indian Quilt,
ca. 1912
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
75" l x 66" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 6814.1

Agnes Shawanessi (Odawa),
Turtle Has an Umbrella,
ca. 1960s-70s
Harbor Springs, Michigan
86" w x76" l
Collection of MSUM, acc# 7029.1

Julia Shigwadja (Odawa),
Grandmother's Flower Garden, (prop quilt on chair)
begun 1989, finished 1998
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada and Lansing, Michigan
87" l x 80" w
Private Collection

Donald Trudeau (Ojibwe),
Untitled,
1990
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
37 1/2" l x 32" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 7103.1

Paula White (Chippewa),
Star Baby Quilt,
1998
Bena, Minnesota
29 1/2" square
Private Collection

Alice Olsen Williams (Anishnaabe),
Strawberries and Flowers,
1991
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
60" l x 60" w
Collection of MSUM, acc# 1997:71.1

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