unclemac
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I recently bought on EBAY this basket. The maker is from a Chinook village (born 1900) that was never incorporated into a reservation. The Chinook are a well known tribe (think Lewis and Clark), that for the most part...just stayed put. So to this day their descendants remain in and around the towns that later became...well...actual "towns". Bessie Pickernell is a well known basket maker. Read about her here if you have the interest...
For me this is an awesome find, as I live in her village, know her descendants, know where all the creek and place names come from, etc.... And after being there for over 65 years, I kid you not, I am still considered a "new-comer". Most all of these native descendants are also married into the first white settler families. The graveyard from the 1860's is full of current family names.
Basketry | Traditions Across Generations - PUBLIC HISTORY PDX
Native baskets increasingly came to be seen as works of fine art during the second half of the 20th century. The basketry craze of the 1920s subsided due to the Great Depression, and basketry production declined as fewer Native children learned traditional skills. Yet, collectors continued to...
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For me this is an awesome find, as I live in her village, know her descendants, know where all the creek and place names come from, etc.... And after being there for over 65 years, I kid you not, I am still considered a "new-comer". Most all of these native descendants are also married into the first white settler families. The graveyard from the 1860's is full of current family names.
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