Type of Work: Artisans

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.

Carrie Hill in her basket making studio

Carrie Hill on beginning her basket making career

Carrie Hill is a modern basket maker and the owner of Chill Baskets. She works out of a home studio and has work in museums and collections around the world. Making baskets from sweetgrass and black ash splint is a tradition that goes back generations in her family, but Carrie learned as an adult, from her […]

Carrie Hill's hands making a basket

Carrie Hill on her personal basket making style

Carrie Hill is a modern basket maker and the owner of Chill Baskets. She works out of a home studio and has work in museums and collections around the world. She says it has been rewarding beyond measure, and describes her personal style as ‘colorful, balanced, and very Carrie.’ Photo taken October 2019. Hogansburg, NY. Photo by […]

Carrie Hill working in her studio in Hogansburg

Basket-maker and artist Carrie Hill weaving in her studio in Hogansburg

Carrie Hill working inside her home studio/workshop  in Hogansburg, on the Mohawk Akwesasne Reservation. Carrie has been making baskets since 2006, and went full-time in 2015. Read and listen to her full North Country at Work story here! Hogansburg, NY. Photo taken in October of 2019 by Amy Feiereisel.