1. quilled baby carrier cover
created by a
Sioux Indian woman
1880s

2. Sioux Indians lived in South Dakota from the 1400s - present day
moved often due to droughts
the arrival of white settlers who took Indian lands, forced the tribe to move West
Sioux Indian Chief, “Sitting Bull”

3. North Dakota

4. A Sioux Village

5. common skills were porcupine quill work & bead embroidery

6. Porcupine

7. Porcupine Quills

8. The North American Indians were the only people in the world to use the prickly quills of the porcupine to make beautiful designs.
First the Indian woman broke off the sharp points of the quill.
Then they softened the quills with water and flattened then using either a stone or their teeth
They colored them with dyes made from plants
The porcupine quills were woven on soft animal skins, such as deerskins

9. Quills were used to decorate clothing, moccasins, bags, and baskets
Quill work
(a form of embroidery)
Quills were used to decorate clothing, moccasins, bags, and baskets