Resources


Barnett, Homer G. The Coast Salish of British Columbia. University of Oregon Press, Eugene. 1955.

Bibby, Brian. Precious Cargo: California Indian Cradle Baskets and Childbirth Traditions. Marin Museum of the American Indian, Heyday Books: Berkeley , CA. 2004.

Boas, Franz. Kwakiutl Ethnography. Ed. Helen Codere. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1966.

Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Customs. Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul. 1979.

Green, Candace. Soft Cradles of the Central Plains. Plains Anthropologist, 37(139). 1992. Pp.95-112.

Hail, Barbara. Gifts of Pride and Love: Kiowa and Comanche Cradles. Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. 2000.

Hail, Barbara. Hau, Kola! The Plains Indian Collection of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. 1980.

Haley, James L. Apaches: A History and Cultural Portrait. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. 1997.

Hilger, M. Inez. Chippewa Child Life and its Cultural Background. Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul. 1992.

Hodge, Frederick Webb- Ed. “Cradles”. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Pt. 1. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30. 1912.

Janulewicz, Richard. Brave Hearts and Their Cradles : A Pictoral Presentation of Native American Cradleboards. Lifevest Publishing, Inc. 2006.

Latorre, Felipe A. & Dolores L. The Mexican Kickapoo Indians. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1976.

Lenssen, Barbara G., Andrew H. Whiteford, and Susan Brown McGreevy. Lullabies from the Earth: Cradles of North America. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM. 1980.

Lyford, Carrie A. Iroquois Crafts. Richard C. Schneider, 1982.

Lyford, Carrie A. Ojibwa Crafts. Richard C. Schneider, 1982.

Mason, Otis Tufton. Cradles of the American Aborigines. Facsimile of 1887 Report of National Museum. The Shorey Bookstore: Seattle, WA. 1972.

Ritzenthaler, Robert. Indian Cradles. Lore Vol. 1(2), Milwaukee Public Museum.

Ritzenthaler, Robert & Pat. The Woodland Indians of the Western Great Lakes. Milwaukee Public Museum. 1983.

Sturtevant, William C.- Ed. Handbook of North American Indians. Vols. 8, 10, 12. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1978.

Time-Life Books. The American Indians: Cycles of Life. Time-Life: Alexandria, VA. 1994.

Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Facts on File Publications: New York. 1988.

Web Materials

A Mother’s Touch: Cradleboard Collection at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Canadian Museum of Civilization Online Exhibit: Treasures Gallery- Cradleboards

Milwaukee Public Museum: Indian Country – Life Stages