John Frog (Ojibwa) by Philip B. Gordon, Lac Courte Oreille Indian Reservation, Reserve, Wisconsin, 1922 Image courtesy Marquette University Archives, 01237

Neweiash (Ojibwa), older man in star quilt by McElroy, Hayward, Wisconsin, 1900? – 1920? Image courtesy Marquette University Archives, 10883

Revised January 17, 2014 In the collection of the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) in Rochester, New York is a table cover (figures 1a and 1b) that was made by Caroline Parker, a Seneca from the Tonawanda Reservation in Western New York. Although it is undated, stylistic comparison to other similarly beaded items suggests it is from the mid-nineteenth century (figure 2). The most prominent feature on the piece in figure 1 is the large, central floral motif that distinguishes it…

Tshusick, an Ojibway woman, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas McKenney & James Hall, vol. 1, 1848. Missouri History Museum Library and Archives.

A Mohawk couple from Caughnawaga on the South Shore of the St-Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec. Caughnawaga borders the city of Chateauguay and is now called Kahnawake. I’m from the same fami…