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Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the…

Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the…

Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the…

Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the…

Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the…

Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the…

In this undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) is peeling rivercane in preparation for making a rivercane basket. Wolfe is shown on the porch of her house in Big Cove. Living and working…

In this undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) is shown splitting rivercane in preparation for making a rivercane basket. Wolfe is shown on the porch of her home in Big Cove. Living and…

Basket maker Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) is shown here working on a double weave rivercane basket in this Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph from 1969. Living and working in the Big Cove community northeast of Cherokee, Eva Wolfe was a master…

Irma and James "Red" Bradley are members of the Soco community and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Both are carvers, with James using a bandsaw to cut out a piece of wood and Irma finishing off the pieces with fine sandpaper. Their work was…