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.

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, 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.

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