Pendleton started weaving the ‘trade blankets’ for the Native Americans sometime in the mid to late 1800s. Its operations were spearheaded by Joe Rawnsley, who lived with different tribes in the southwest. His original blanket designs were well-received by the Nez Perce, after which he started searching for more designs that the Zuni, Hopi,….
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