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Michigan Basket Maker Talks About Her Art
The Michigan State University Museum, along with the Smithsonian and the National Museum of the American Indian, today open the 40th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The theme is "Carriers of Culture," focusing on how native Americans pass down the traditions and skills needed for making baskets.
One of the artists in the festival is Kelly Church of Hopkins, Michigan. She's a fifth-generation basket maker and she's teaching the craft to her daughter, Cherish Parrish. They're joining more than 80 other basket weavers in Washington and there could be a million visitors. Scott Pohl reports.
aired Jun. 30, 2006 | length: 04:07
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Kelly Church next to a black ash tree, with two of her creations.
Photo: Kelly Church
Kelly Church pounding a black ash log to make strips of wood used in her baskets.
Photo: Scott Pohl
Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish working on their ash baskets.
Photo: Kelly Church
Cherish Parrish, with her strawberry basket.
Photo: Scott Pohl
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