This quilt was made as Mary Good's own personal tribute to the struggle of the Native American Indians during the settling of the Western United States by the Europeans in the 1800s. Her own ancestors were involved in the run into the Cherokee strip which is depicted in the section of the quilt called the Trail of Tears. This link has given Mary a very personal sense of grief regarding the situation.
Mary decided she needed to depict various occasions when the "white man" promised the Indians certain things and then broke those promises. The quote embroidered around the border is by Chief Red Cloud. It reads: "They made us many promises and they never kept but one. They promised to take our land and they took it"
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