Gabriel Renville

Gabriel Renville, 1880

Gabriel Renville at Carlisle Indian School, some time between August 10 and August 17, 1880. Renville visited the school to bring home the body of his son, John, who had died, and his surviving daughter, Nancy. Both Nancy and John were students at the school. Photograph by John N. Choate.

Dakota lace makers in Morton

Dakota lace makers in Morton

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, including Maggie Whipple

Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple

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

Mrs. Hibbard, Almeda St. Clair, Susan Salisbury, and Jeanette Crooks Campbell

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 and Jeanette Crooks

Emma Good Thunder and Jeanette Crooks

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

Lace bobbins

Lace bobbins

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 mission at Morton (Birch Coulee)

Dakota mission at Morton (Birch Coulee)

The Dakota mission at Morton (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. The Sybil Carter Indian Lace Association operated a school on the site beginning in 1893.

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter, ca. 1905.

Bobbin-lace table mat

Bobbin-lace table mat

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

Dakota bobbin-lace doily

Dakota bobbin-lace doily

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

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