I just seen that show of Roadshow Hits, it was the most beautiful piece of work you could imagine. I do applique work, but this was magnifiencent work, what treasure this is not only for the family, but for everyone to see. Stunning.......................... ----- Original Message ----- From: "RDWinthrop" <RDWinthrop@a1access.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:11 AM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] LaFRAMBOISE blanket on "Antiques Roadshow" > > "'A Family Treasure Beyond Measure; Blanket A 'Roadshow' Hit" > Star Tribune (Minneapolis MN), January 19, 2005 > > "As soon as she heard the words 'national treasure' and the number > '$60,000 -or more,' Rita Joerg of Preston, Minn., knew where to store > her great-great-grandmother's handwork: in a bank safe-deposit box. > Joerg said Tuesday she took the beadwork to the St. Paul filming of > the 'Antiques Roadshow' and learned, much to her amazement, that it's > a museum-quality Dakota woman's dance blanket, used in ceremonies in > the 1800s. Her great-great-grandmother, Jane Dickson LaFRAMBOISE, who > was three-quarters Dakota and Ojibwe and one-quarter white, made it in > about the 1840s of tiny beads and ribbons, all imported from England > as trade goods. > > Because the blanket was made about the time she married Joseph > LaFRAMBOISE, an interpreter to the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians in > Minnesota, it's possible that the bride made the dance blanket for her > 1845 wedding, considered the first Christian marriage in Nicollet > County. Recent generations have had no idea of its value or even its > use. They called it a table cover. Joerg said it was stored and > sometimes displayed at the Sleepy Eye MN library from 1940 to 1972, > but with no hint it was so valuable. After that it was in her mother's > cedar chest and later in the cedar chest of Joerg's sister, Diane > Arndt of Fairfax MN. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >