Produced exclusively for the American Indian College Fund by Pendleton Woolen Mills, and designed by artist Virginia Stroud, these blankets were inspired by a Plains Indian tradition. New parents place their child’s remaining navel cord inside an amulet shaped like a turtle or a sand lizard. The amulets imitate the turtle‘s hard shell and the sand lizard’s quick movements that will guard the spirit of the child and ensure a long, protected life.

Measures 32" x 44"