Jacket found in U.K. may have origins with Indigenous Manitobans 170 years ago
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“We are kind of experts in vintage clothing, but we’re not experienced in native clothing, which is why I uploaded videos to TikTok … to see if there’s anyone out there who might be able to point us in the right direction or recognize it,” she said. Thanks to that social media help, Leadbetter received recommendations of museums, university professors, and others in Canada and elsewhere to help narrow the jacket’s origins down — which led her to Manitoba.
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