Rachel Taylor (1922-1981) was born into a family of basket weavers. Her mother was Julia Ann Ned Taylor (1902-1991), an elder and traditional teacher among Cherokee basket weavers. Julia Taylor taught her four daughters how make baskets and all…
This 2013 flier for "Remember the Removal" promotes a send-off ceremony for a bike ride that starts in Kituwah and ends in Tallequah, Okalhoma. While the Cherokee language has been spoken for thousands of years, its written form is only 200 years…
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany a 1974 exhibition of "Rivercane Basketry by Rowena Bradley." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts…
Cherokee craftworker Rowena Bradley is shown in this photograph surrounded by baskets that she made. In her lap are strips of rivercane, the material that she used to construct the baskets. To the left is a very large single weave basket; the other…
Cherokee craftworker Rowena Bradley is shown in this undated photograph, weaving a rivercane basket held in her lap. To keep the cane pliable, she soaks it in a bucket of water. Two unfinished baskets sit beside her. The basket pattern at left is…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Rowena Bradley preparing to work on a rivercane basket. On the ground beside her is a pile of rivercane, already cut and split. Born in the Swimmer Branch Community of the Qualla Boundary,…
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of Cherokee basket weaver, Sally Ann Taylor Wade (1924-1988). Wade is shown making white oak splits with a pocketknife, preparing materials needed to weave a basket. Wade was born in the…
This four-page brochure was produced to accompany a 1970 exhibition of work by Cherokee sculptor and woodcarver Amanda Crowe. The exhibit was held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual and included 15 pieces in terra cotta, walnut, cherry, and buckeye.…
This photograph, by an unknown photographer, shows the children of the Sequoyah family around 1949. The oldest boy may be Amoneeta Sequoyah, Jr., and the girl may be his younger sister, Rachel Lydia Sequoyah. A white oak basket hangs on the porch…