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.

Dream of Wild Health table at a farmers’ market

Dream of Wild Health table at a farmers’ market

Dream of Wild Health produce on a table at a farmers’ market, ca. 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Children participating in Cora’s Kids

Children participating in Cora’s Kids

Children participating in Dream of Wild Health’s Cora’s Kids program, 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Aronia berries

Aronia berries

Aronia berries (chokeberries) grown at the Dream of Wild Health farm in Hugo, Minnesota, ca. 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Alanna Norris

Alanna Norris

Alanna Norris, nutrition program coordinator at Dream of Wild Health, at the Four Sisters Farmer's Market in Minneapolis in the summer of 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

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