This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows a woman carrying a child on her back. In her right hand is a Cherokee style white oak split market basket. White oak baskets with handles were employed by Cherokee women for a variety of…
This undated photograph shows a building on the campus of the Cherokee Boarding School. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends…
This photograph was taken at the home of Will West Long (1870-1947) when he was interviewed in December of 1946 by W. N. Fenton and Lester Hargrett. At their request, Long demonstrated the making of a traditional wooden Cherokee dance mask. …
In this early 1940s photograph, Lizzie Tooni is sitting on the porch watching her daughter, Mary Wolfe use a traditional mortar and pestle to grind corn. The mortar is made from a stump; the pestle is used upright to pound corn or chestnuts into a…
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…
While this photographic postcard does not identify this weaver, she appears to be Eva Wolfe. Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) was an accomplished Cherokee weaver. She is shown here working on a great wheel or walking wheel, which was traditionally used…
This photograph, probably taken in the 1890s or early 1900s, shows Arizona Swayney, a Cherokee student at Hampton Institute, making a basket. To the right of the photograph are several finished rivercane baskets. Swayney attended Hampton Normal and…
The Lossiah sisters were basket weavers and enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. They grew up in the Big Cove community of the Qualla Boundary, in western North Carolina. Pictured here are Maggie Lossiah and her sister Jane Lossiah…
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows Cherokee woodcarver Adam Welch (1925-1985). Welch was born in the Big Cove Community on the Qualla Boundary. It was not until he retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he discovered his…
This photograph shows a very young Amanda Crowe, perhaps taken while she was still a student. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Amanda Crowe (1928-2004) is known for figurative wood sculptures; she was particularly known for her expressive…