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Monday, May 18, 2009

Hazel Pete Basket Weaving





I had an the incredible opportunity to attend the basket weaving conference at Great Wolf Lodge this weekend. The Annual Event is hosted by the Hazel Pete institute. Native American weavers from all over the country, but particularly from the Northwest came together to teach the craft to willing learners. It was a time for conversation and laughter, a time to hear the stories, and a time to sit beside a master and weave a basket.

I had an amazing time. I made a woven cedar vase and a seagrass basket.








As you can see I'm hardly a weaver, but I have been bitten by the weaving bug and will be weaving more baskets as soon as my supplies arrive. Oh yes, I ordered seagrass coils on line, they should be here by next week.

I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know anything about Hazel Pete or the incredible legacy she has left us. But after spending the Friday with her daughters and granddaughters, cousins, aunties, and tribal family---I wanted to know more about this amazing woman.

Hazel Pete was born in a one-room house in 1914 on the Chehalis Reservation. Hazel attend s government day school on the Chehalis Reservation, went on to an Indian boarding school and Tulalip and ultimately graduated from Chemawa High School in Salem Oregon. After high school she studied for two years at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe New Mexico.
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