Binding of a book showing the front cover and spine. The cover has a “WIGWAM STORIES” title featuring triangular lettering.

Title page of Wigwam Stories with the following text: WIGWAM STORIES TOLD BY NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS COMPILED BY MARY CATHERINE JUDD WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANGEL de CORA (CHINOOK • MAHIWI • KILINAKA) BOSTON • USA GINN & COMPANY ATHENAEUM PRESS 1909

Cropped detail of a page from Wigwam Stories showing a drop cap “A” made of tree branches with a wolf peering through.

Cropped detail of a page from Wigwam Stories showing a drop cap “A” made of curved lines and surrounded by phases of the moon. A woman inside the “A” looks upward.

Angel DeCora; binding, title page, and initials; Wigwam Stories; 1901–1909

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor Angel DeCora, a Ho-Chunk artist whose lettering filled books like this one. letterformarchive.org/news/angel-d...

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