Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shortly before spring break, a collection of hand-woven Native American baskets on display in the Fresno State Library disappeared ...

Basket-weaving is one of the oldest known Native American traditions and many baskets from the American Southwest date from as early as 6,000 years ago. Originally made for utilitarian functions, such ...

Native Americans use baskets in their ceremonies, language, stories, dance, song, and for food. Through some 30 contemporary baskets, this display examines the ways in which Native baskets and their ...

With Thanksgiving in the near future one might wonder what types of containers the Native Americans used to carry all that food to the Pilgrims' table. It would be a pretty safe bet that they must ...

A couple recognized the Washoe weaver Louisa Keyser’s prodigious talent and spun myths to promote it. But her fortitude shines in work that today can be seen in museums and at the Independent 20th ...

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Vanessa Esquivido, Ph.D., an enrolled Nor Rel Muk Wintu and also Hupa and Xicana Native American, will speak on “The Inter-generational Knowledge of Northwest California Native Basketry” from 4-5 p.m.

Last night, the NEA announced that Pat Courtney Gold got a major honor.... And the circle shall come round. Pat Courtney Gold, a Scappoose weaver who learned how to make the traditional baskets of her ...

A new exhibit at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka takes a look at the visual language of basket designs of the local Hupa, Karuk, Wiyot and Yurok tribes. “When Designs Escaped Baskets” also ...