Indigenous textile fabrics -- North America -- History, Quilting -- North America -- History, Hawaiian textile fabrics -- History, Quilting -- Hawaii -- History, Hawaiian textile fabrics, Indigenous textile fabrics, Quilting, Hawaii, Indigenous quilts -- North America -- History 

"Through the voices of quilters, writers, and folklorists, this book explores the images and meanings of Winnebago ribbon quilts, Plains Indian star designs, Yuwupi giveaway quilts, Hawaiian appliqued quilts, the seal party quilts of the Nelson Island Eskimos, and many more. Essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions from around the country and rare historical photographs highlight this lavishly illustrated volume."--Amazon. 

Preface / Charlotte Heth (Cherokee) --
Introduction / C. Kurt Dewhurst, Marsha L. MacDowell --
Part 1. A gathering of cultural expression: North American Indian and Native Hawaiian quiltmaking / by Marsha L. MacDowell --
Part II. Tradition and identity: Learning the threads : Sioux quiltmaking in South Dakota / by Laurie N. Anderson (Sioux) --
The craft of identity : quilting traditions of the Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe / by Jill Hemming --
Lakota star quilts : commodity, ceremony, and economic development / by Beatrice Medicine (Sioux) --
The Hawaiian Quilt Research Project / by Elaine Zinn --
Part III. Strengthening community: Stars of honor : the basketball star quilt ceremony / by C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha L. MacDowell --
How Yupik women spoil their cloth : the seal party quilts of the Nelson Island Eskimos / by Ann Fienup-Riordan --
The quiltmakers of Akwesasne / by Alex Jacobs (Mohawk) --
Quilts and the Hopi baby-naming ceremony / by Marlene Sekaquaptewa (Hopi) and Carolyn O'Bagy Davis --
Part IV, A Native aesthetic: Rosebud quilts : building a museum collection, creating and exhibition / by Emil Her Many Horses (Sioux) --
Hawaiian quilting : a personal remembrance / by Linda Moriarity (Native Hawaiian) --
Contemporary Native quilt artists / by Margaret Wood (Navajo/Seminole) --
Three profiles: Mealii Namahoe Richardson Kalama / by Elaine Zinn --
Margaret Wood / by Carla Roberts (Eastern Delaware) --
Nellie Star Boy Menard / by Laurie N. Anderson (Sioux) and Marsha L. MacDowell --
Native quilting research and exhibition project / by C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha L. MacDowell.