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,…
"Spanish Jack: A Novel of the Real People" is the 11th of 12 novels by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) that make up the Real People Series. The WorldCat summary reads: "Known as Spanish Jack, Jack Spaniard, a Chickamauga, wages war against the U.S.…
Brass won Robert J. Conley the Beginnings of Horror Award. "The ancient Cherokees knew him as "Untsaiyi", or Brass, because of his metallic skin. He was one of the old ones, the original beings who lived long before man walked the earth. And he would…
Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007) was a Cherokee basket weaver who was proficient in white oak, honeysuckle, and rivercane basketry, including the double weave technique. She also did pottery, beadwork, and finger weaving. Growing up in the Big Cove…
Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007) was a Cherokee basket weaver who was proficient in white oak, honeysuckle, and rivercane basketry, including the double weave technique. She also did pottery, beadwork, and finger weaving. Growing up in the Big Cove…
Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007) was a Cherokee basket weaver who was proficient in white oak, honeysuckle, and rivercane basketry, including the double weave technique. She also did pottery, beadwork, and finger weaving. Growing up in the Big Cove…
Betty Craig DuPree (1929-2012) was born and raised in Cherokee. After marrying, she left Cherokee to live in the Southwest where she worked in arts and crafts galleries and learned about Native American crafts. Returning to the Qualla Boundary in…
This undated photograph of Cherokee basket weaver Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) was made by photographer Edward DuPuy. Wolfe is shown working on a single weave rivercane basket on the porch of her home in Big Cove. Living and working in the Big Cove…
This photograph shows Ethelyn Conseen standing at the entrance of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., a Cherokee artisan cooperative run for and by members of the Eastern Band. Conseen holds a rivercane basket. The image was made by…