Tag: native american

Woman weaving baskets

Woman making baskets in St. Regis Village

Louise Jacobs Mitchell making a basket with a box of baskets in front of her, Frank Thomas stands to her right. Behind her is the church rectory and a man hoeing in the garden. Kanatakon/St. Regis Village, NY. 1930. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.

Making wampum belts

Making wampum belts in Akwesasne

Hands at work making wampum belts and strings at Margaret Boots Cree Wampum bead class. Akwesasne. 1980. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.

Ironworkers on the high steel

Ironworkers on the high steel in Cornwall, Ontario

Ironworkers Brian Skidders (left) and Lloyd Benedict Sr. (right) on the high steel. Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Circa 1980s. Photo from the Syracuse Post-Standard, courtesy of the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.