A major exhibition of Native American artworks through January in on display at the Michigan State University Museum through January.
The exhibit called “Gaawii Eta-Go Aawizinoo Gaawiye Mkakoons / It’s Not Just a Quill Box” includes dozens of examples of boxes created with birch bark, sweetgrass and porcupine quills.
Monica Jo Raphael, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, is a fifth-generation porcupine quill artist.
“All of my work is really inspired by the woodland flora and fauna,” she said…