70 maconmagazine.com | December 2025/January 2026
As settlers arrived, they brought new
materials—and devastating diseases—
that reshaped Native life. In the aftermath,
trade goods like blankets were adapted
into wrap skirts worn with cotton blouses
and finger-woven belts. The skirt, on loan
from Julia Wakeford, feature southeastern
shell-bead patterns and dyed wool
designs, symbolizing resilience and
cultural adaptation. Jamie is wearing
her own pucker toe moccasins and her
husband's woven belt with three arbors
and a fire woven in the design.
Photographed by Matt Odom
