Fully quilled oval box with dark squirrel in profile on white background depicted on lid.

Dr. Dwight Schroeder was a physician that treated Native Americans in the Sutton's Bay area for free and/or reduced fees. He saw the poverty of their circumstances and believed that a renaissance of traditional Indian culture would benefit the community. He helped organize and finance the first annual Leelanau Pow-wow in 1971, and was given the honorary title of "Mush-ke-ke-anena" (Medicine Man) in 1972. He was also given a beaded dance outfit and other traditional Woodland Indian art objects in gratitude for his contributions to the Indigenous community.

Burned circular mark with tepee, the words "Peshabestown," "Mich" and the initials "CB" (Catherine Baldwin)

gift of owner's wife. Probably a gift from a Native American patient to Dr. Dwight Schroeder,