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Winnebago Quilts: Honor and Celebration

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Writer: Suzanne Smith Arney

A Star Quilt hangs above the library’s circulation desk. A single star pieced of vibrantly colored diamonds dominates its field of light blue. At its center is an appliqued buffalo, engrossed in a book. The quilter, Maria Scott, was commissioned to make the banner, which encourages reading. It’s an engaging and light-hearted image, but it’s emphatically and assuredly of this particular place—The Winnebago Indian Reservation—in its style and motif. Buffalo is one of the tribe’s sacred clans; they serve as public criers, messengers. In this case, the quilt is the medium that supports the buffalo’s message.
           

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