This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Cherokee basket weaver Minda Wolfe. Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983) was part an active basket weaving family. Her sister, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the Oconaluftee…
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany the 1979 exhibition, “Multimedia Crafts by Davy Arch.” Born and raised in the Painttown community of the Qualla…
This photograph by Vivienne Roberts shows the original Museum of the Cherokee Indian in the 1950s. That facility was opened in 1948 but burned in the early 1970s. The Museum re-located to its present location in 1976. The mission of the Museum of…
It is not known who made this undated historic photograph of Nancy Bradley working out-of-doors in front of her home. Surrounded by piles of rivercane with which to make baskets, Bradley is shown trimming the cane. Few baskets made by Nancy George…
This 1937 photograph of Nancy George Bradley (1881-1963) was made Chattanooga photographer W. M. Cline. Bradley is shown holding a rivercane basket in her lap. Few baskets made by Nancy Bradley are known to exist, although word of her work is…
This undated photograph of Nancy Bradley was made Chattanooga photographer W. M. Cline. Bradley is shown holding four rivercane baskets. Few baskets made by Nancy Bradley are known to exist, although word of her work is legendary. Both her mother,…
In this photograph by Vivienne Roberts, Cherokee basketmakers Nicey George and her daughter Lucy George Long are shown preparing materials to make baskets. They are in the process of cutting, scraping, and thinning white oak splits or splints into…
This photograph shows a Cherokee basket weaver, Alice Walkingstick demonstrating at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Located on the Qualla Boundary, lands belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the village features recreated Cherokee…