The cane baskets that are created by Louisiana’s Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving. But the baskets also played a surprising role in ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - The cane baskets created by Louisiana’s Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving, but they also played a surprising ...

Julia Parker weaving baskets at the Yosemite museum in Yosemite Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

A native of Graton in Sonoma County, she was orphaned at 7, spent five years in foster homes, then was shipped to a government-run American Indian school where, she says, she was told, "Don't do ...

When appraiser Bruce Shackelford evaluated three Native American baskets brought to the San Jose ROADSHOW in August 2009, although he was unsure of their precise provenance, he instantly ...

The ancient Native tradition of weaving baskets is now grabbing the attention of the contemporary art world. Jeffrey Brown visited one artist who is taking the form in new directions. It's for our ...

One such tradition is basket weaving, which is rooted in the origins of tribes such as the Chitimacha of Louisiana, the first federally recognized tribe in Louisiana. The Chitimacha date back to ...

Louisiana Considered From a Tunica-Biloxi basket weaving summit to Día de los Muertos, we hear all about fall festivals By Karl Lengel, Alana Schreiber Published October 27, 2022 at 2:20 PM CDT ...

Thirty years after saving the Acjachemen Indian Basket Weaving technique, a group of Juaneno’s have brought the craft to the mission, introducing visitors to a piece of history. Led by Marian ...