View from the stage of the Socialist Opera House in Virginia, Minnesota, undated.

View of the stage from the upper balcony of the Socialist Opera House in Virginia, Minnesota, undated.

Dakota lace makers display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. Pictured are (left to right): Mary Wabasha, Lucy Thomas, Amelia St. Clair, Julia Jones, Julia Lawrence, and Hanna Wells. Collection III.40.102, Minnesota Historical Society.

Dakota lace makers from Birch Coulee, including Maggie Whipple, display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota, ca. 1900. Collection III.40.101, Minnesota Historical Society.

Mrs. Hibbard, Almeda St. Clair, Susan Salisbury, and Jeanette Crooks Campbell display lace made at the Redwood Mission (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. Not available in Collections Online; photograph N4.4 r40, Minnesota Historical Society.

Emma Good Thunder (left) and Jeanette Crooks (right) working on needlework and bobbin lace, respectively, at the Redwood Agency (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900.

Set of twenty-six lace bobbins, used ca. 1890s–1910s. The Dakota women who made lace at the Redwood Mission (Birch Coulee) as part of Sybil Carter's Indian Lace Association used bobbins of this kind.

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter, ca. 1905.

Bobbin-lace table mat made with linen thread, ca. 1890s–1910s.

A Dakota tape-lace doily made with linen thread, ca. 1890s–1900s.