Edmund Youngbird

Edmund Youngbird

Artisans

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Edmund Youngbird (1922-1995) was born in the Wolf Town community on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. His grandmother, Sally Ann Stamper, and his mother, Lizzie “Nannie” Youngbird were both weavers of baskets. Edmund Youngbird learned to make baskets from his grandmother and became known for his work in rivercane baskets and mats. As a male basket weaver, Edmund Youngbird had a unique place among the Eastern Band Cherokee. In this photograph, Youngbird (left) talks with Joan Mondale (right), wife of Vice President Mondale. Accompanying her are members of her delegation. The photograph was made on June 7, 1977 when Mrs. Mondale attended the ground breaking of the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, NC. Mondale was accompanied by the wife of the U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Robert B. Morgan, and Mrs. Lana Gudger, wife of Vonno Lamar Gudger, a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 11th District. The photographer's name is unknown.

Unknown

Photograph Collection

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

1977-06-07

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StillImage

16484

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2010-04-06

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival