> I am passing on this request for my coworker Sharon Brunk, Ojibwe,
> Keweenaw Bay Band. She has a relative who would like to get plans on how
> to build a cradle board for their firstborn. If anyone has any idea on
> where such plans might be found we would appreciate hearing from you...
You might check the following for models:
Harlan I. Smith, 1894, "An Ojibway Cradle," Am. Antiquarian and Oriental
Journal, 16:5:302-303.
Edna Garte, 1984, Circle of Life: Cultural Continuity in Ojibwe Crafts.
Duluth, MN: St. Louis County Historical Society, Chisholm Museum, and
Duluth Art Institute.
Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall have some information on cradle boards
in their HIstory of the Indian Tribes of North America, 1836-1844,
Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle.
Good luck with the project.
Tim Roufs