The SE Indian basket weaving circle will weave a traditional holding basket June 30. Contact me for details.
"In our work in the museum field, we have the special opportunity to appreciate and enjoy the aesthetic creations of groups of people who came before us. Art reveals the belief systems of a culture, and gives individuals a framework in which they can place themselves and their stories" from who stole the tee pee? W. Richard West, Director, National Museum of the American Indian
In the book who stole the tee pee W. Richard West states "Indian worldviews are not bound by time."
Native artists continue to respond to the social and political changes that affect their individual worlds." Native artists' stories will continue to tell us about the changing world around them. If a group of women in Oklahoma determine to bring back the lost art of basketry to the tribes relocated from the NE and SE, they will both retain and change traditions of basketry from their ancestors. This is necessary due to relocation to a land usually very environmentally different. These differences will affect not only the weaving materials, style of baskets and the dyes in the baskets.
As a small group of Native American women begin weaving baskets of their tribe with the support of other creative women, I can relate to words from the book who stole the tee pee?: "It's my hope that this artistic record of the changing conditions in Indian Country will strengthen our resolve to maintain cultures and traditions while inspiring the creativity that resides in all of us." Fred Nahwooksy, Director, Atlatl, Inc.
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