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The vast majority of American Indian baby carriers were made of hide and cloth, or woven from woody stems and shoots.

These are referred to simply as “cradles” and “cradle baskets.” While the term “cradle” better encompasses the variety present in Native carrier construction, it is also frequently used to describe carriers used by non-Native cultures.

Stockbridge-Munsee Culture

Originally, the Native people who made up the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe came from Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. During the 1770s, Stockbridge -- a mixed Native and White Christian community -- was formed in western Massachusetts, largely drawing on members of the Mahikan or Mohican tribe which occupied eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and parts of western Connecticut.

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.

“Ouisconsin” (1640s-1763)

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