Interviewer
Kim Taylor
Files
Description
Sybil Lambert, member of the Sioux tribe, discusses her ladies church group on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and how they began sewing and selling quilts and aprons to raise money for their church. She describes types of stitching, materials and color combinations, how she learned to sew star quilts, how quilts are commissioned. Lambert also discusses how finished quilts are given as gifts during honoring ceremonies and sports tournaments. Sybil and Barney Lambert also discuss the history of star quilts and gift culture among the Fort Peck tribes in Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Star quilts; History of quilting; Fork Peck Indian Reservation; Sioux tribe, Montana
Original Date
7-13-1992
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Star Quilts Oral History Project, OH 285, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 285-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (00:49:44 min.) analog + 1 transcript (15 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
49:44 minutes
Local Filename
OH_285_001.mp3; OH_285_001.pdf
Citation
Lambert, Sybil and Lambert, Barney, "Sybil Lambert and Barney Lambert Interview, July 13, 1992" (1992). Star Quilts Oral History Project. 6.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/starquilts/6