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Lakota Star Quilts and What It Means to Be Given One

At a high school graduation on the northern plains, the ceremony often pauses while a family walks a folded quilt to the front of the gym and drapes it over a graduate's shoulders.

MCMichael ClarkNov 14, 2026Culture
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An eight pointed star quilt in red and blue diamonds spread open across a table in a community hall

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