Dorothy Thompson

Dorothy Thompson

Basket makers

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Manners and customs

A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Dorothy Thompson was born and raised in Big Cove, a remote section of the Qualla Boundary near Cherokee, North Carolina. She is the daughter of John and Charlotte Lottie Welch Lossiah, a basket weaver. Dorothy Lossiah Thompson is shown here with a white oak tray and two larger baskets. Her sisters, Martha Ross, Maggie Lossiah, and Jane Taylor also make baskets.

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

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2010-07-16

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5" x 7"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions