That’s one of the many things Quileute tribal member Cathy Salazar has learned after 16 years of basket weaving. “The weave will get too tight or sloppy if you aren’t in the right frame of mind,” ...

To be chosen for a National Heritage Fellowship is to be recognized as a kind of national treasure. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and celebrates traditional and folk ...

TOPPENISH, Wash. -- The next Let's Make Wa'paas class, which takes place Monday, will also include information on crafting flat wa'paas and cedar bark baskets and basket hats. Hosted by Bessie Wilson ...

Stephanie Wood was right in the middle of helping enmesh participants in her family’s 700-year-old tradition of Kalapuya basket weaving at the 1861 Brunk House when something added yet another period ...

When Nettie Jackson sat down to weave with cedar root and bear grass, she knew she was passing on a tradition handed down from her ancestors to children not yet born. Three days ago, her contributions ...

Master weaver Betty Pacheco speaks with customers at The Evergreen State College’s holiday native art fair, where she sold cedar bark Christmas tree ornaments and more on Friday, Dec. 9. Pacheco is ...

During the first week in March, snowflakes the size of dollar coins melted into the ocean waves and sandy shores at Lincoln City. Nearby, elders and community members from across the state and beyond ...