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…
This photograph shows Cherokee potter Amanda Swimmer (b. 1921) 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…
This undated photograph by John Parris depicts craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreated 1750s Cherokee village. At right, Guy Littlejohn holds a broadaxe, commonly used to remove the bark of trees and roughly shape wood. …
This undated photograph by John Parris depicts craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreation of a 1750s Cherokee village. From left to right, the artisans are: Richard Crowe, Molly Sequoyah, Mary Shelly, an unidentified woman…
This photograph shows Cherokee basket weaver Dinah George 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 dwellings and…
This photograph shows a Cherokee woodworker, Jim Conseen 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 dwellings and…
This photograph shows a Cherokee potter, Mabel Bigmeat Swimmer (1925-1991) demonstrating at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Located on the Qualla Boundary, lands belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the village features recreated…
This undated photograph depicts Pauline Taylor Junaluska (b. 1928), who learned to make baskets from her mother, renowned Cherokee basket weaver Julia Ann Ned Taylor (1902-1991). Pauline began to learn basket weaving when she was 10 years old. Her…