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LOGGER'S SHEET 

LOGGER: Susie Miller
REEL NUMBER: 3 Side B
STAGE: Cultural Conservation
DATE: June 28, 1986
PRESENTOR: Rayna Green
GROUP NAME: Marketing Crafts: Cherokee Basketry
REGION/STYLE: Cherokee, North Carolina

| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
|E. Taylor, (Emma) - Basket maker|
|L. Goings (Louise) -     "      |
|B. Dupree (Betty) - Qualla Arts & Crafts


CONTENTS

1. Intro: introduces "river cane basket"
2. Emma: describes the type of basket she is making using a twin sister design. Tells about how their cane has been  destroyed by new roads, they have to go to Georgia & South Carolina to get the cane.
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4. Rayna: tells how Indians use natural materials to make their crafts. Different design name: spiderweb, chief's daughter
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6. Betty: encourage traditional crafts & quality. mixture of the old & new is very important in Indian crafts.
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8. Louise: makes baskets on holidays, run out of money; whenever they can find the time.
9. Betty - does most of the buying in the wintertime for Qualla Arts & Crafts
10. Emma - tells about[[strikethrough]]their[[/strikethrough]]her history on starting to make baskets. Made them to make money to feed her family.
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12. Rayna: the crafts are very important to the Indians economically
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