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36957
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Butch and Louise Goings are professional artisans with a lifelong commitment to preserving tradition. Louise is a basket maker, a skill learned from her mother, and Butch does wood carvings.
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18948
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When the first European explorers ventured into Cherokee territory, they were amazed and dismayed, by the impenetrable strands of cane that lined the banks of the region's rivers and streams. Fariello describes the process of turning this cane into the intricate baskets.
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9477
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Ramona Lossie is a sixth-generation Cherokee basket weaver, and her daughters are seventh-generation weavers. She learned the art of weaving from her mother and grandmother. Creating a basket can take as long as four months; this includes collecting the material and preparing it. Her baskets sell for up to $2,000, depending on the size and complexity, and increase in value through the years.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 5, Oct 2007, p146-148, 150,, il, por Periodical Website
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5565
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Emma Taylor creates baskets in the tradition of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Specializing in white oak basketry, her creations are both functional and beautiful. In 1989, she received an N.C. Folk Heritage Award.
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5571
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Eva Wolfe is one of only ten people who practice the rare art of weaving traditional Cherokee rivercane baskets. She is also known for her doubleweave baskets, one of the most difficult weaving styles. In 1989, she received an N.C. Folk heritage Award.
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16267
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Eva Wolfe, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is one of the most widely known creative basketmakers in the United States.
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14849
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The eastern band of Cherokees have never lost the art of basketry which they practice with genuine skill on the Qualla Reservation.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 49, May 1945, p7, f
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