Lottie Stamper

Lottie Stamper

Artisans

Basket makers

Basket making

Basketwork

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

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Schools

This photograph, taken by Vivienne Roberts, shows Lottie Stamper teaching a basketry class in 1950. In 1954 the Cherokee Training School was changed from a boarding institution to a day school, and students were bused to Cherokee High School. Students pictured, from left to right, include: Lois Rattler (Calonehuskie), Frances Bradley, Annie Queen, Lottie Stamper (standing), and Mary Jo Washington. Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) was one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. Born in the Soco community, Lottie Queen first learned how to make white oak baskets from her mother. She then married into a family that taught her how to make rivercane baskets. From 1937 until 1966, Stamper taught basketry classes in the upper grades at the Cherokee Training School, later Cherokee High School.

Roberts, Vivienne

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Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1950

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Cherokee Traditions