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The work of tribal hands : Southeastern Indian split cane basketry

Title
The work of tribal hands : Southeastern Indian split cane basketry / edited by Dayna Bowker Lee and H.F. Pete Gregory ; editorial assistants, Leigh Anne Bramlett, Autumn Campbell ; maps by Michael Fontenot ; cover design by Stacy Fontenot and Don Sepulvado.
Publication
Natchitoches, La. : Northwestern State University Press, Northwestern State University, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Lee, Dayna Bowker.
  • Gregory, Hiram F.
  • Louisiana Regional Folklife Program.
  • Williamson Museum.
Description
xviii, 229 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.); 26 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "The Louisiana Regional Folklife Program and Williamson Museum, Northwestern State University of Louisiana".
  • "Funded by grants from the Lower Mississippi Delta Region Initiatives of the National Park Service, and the USDA Forest Service, with the assistance of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park".
  • Pages 225-229 blank for notes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Gary White Deer -- ch. 1. The Chitimacha origin of basket weaving / as told by Chief Benjamin Paul -- ch. 2. Split cane items in Louisiana : a view from archaeology and ethnology / Robert W. Neuman -- ch. 3. In the family tradition : a conversation with Chitimacha basketmakers John Paul Darden, Scarlett Darden, and Melissa Darden Brown -- ch. 4. The ties that bind : cane basketry traditions among the Chitimacha and the Jena Band of Choctaw / Dayna Bowker Lee -- ch. 4. Cane and palmetto basketry of the Choctaw of St. Tammany Parish / Thomas A. Colvin -- ch. 6. Choctaw cane baskets, 1830 to 1950 : an Oklahoma perspective / Marshall Gettys -- ch. 7. Asá:la Koasati cane basketry / H.F. Pete Gregory -- ch. 8. The persistence of Cherokee identity : Rachel Davis and her cane baskets / Sarah H. Hill -- ch. 9. Signatures : rim forms on historic southern cane baskets / Tom Poulsen -- ch. 10. Mystery baskets of Cane River : who made them? / Dustin C. Fuqua -- ch. 11. Five Caddo baskets from Indian territory / Dayna Bowker Lee -- ch. 12. Qualla crafts / Betty Dupree -- ch. 13. Marketing Native American crafts / Debra G. Thomas -- ch. 14. Native cane conservation guide : arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta, traditionally known as swamp cane / Tim Oakes -- ch. 15. Contributors.
Call Number
JGF 08-139
ISBN
  • 0917898273 ($30.00.)
  • 9780917898273 ($30.00.)
OCLC
77798048
Title
The work of tribal hands : Southeastern Indian split cane basketry / edited by Dayna Bowker Lee and H.F. Pete Gregory ; editorial assistants, Leigh Anne Bramlett, Autumn Campbell ; maps by Michael Fontenot ; cover design by Stacy Fontenot and Don Sepulvado.
Imprint
Natchitoches, La. : Northwestern State University Press, Northwestern State University, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Lee, Dayna Bowker.
Gregory, Hiram F.
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program.
Williamson Museum.
Research Call Number
JGF 08-139
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