Protection Baby Blanket shawl blending the traditional and contemporary

blending the traditional and contemporary in new ways

Designed by Snoqualmie Tribal Members: McKenna Sweet Dorman and Jaime Martin

Colors include sky blue and sunshine yellow

It brings you luck

Protection Baby Blanket shawl blending the traditional and contemporaryIn Blackfeet culture, powerful animals like the buffalo, wolf, and elk are often called upon in song and ceremony for protection. Artist John Isaiah Pepion (Piikani Blackfeet) has woven the sacred buffalo, elk, wolf, otter, magpie, and beaver into his Protection Baby Blanket. An arrow fills the body of each animal, representing the lifeline or sacred breath each one carries. Made from a cotton wool blend, John's blanket is the perfect merge of warmth,