Oklahoma Native American Basketweaver members of Cherokee Gadugi do their thing!

Rose Drake and a few members of the Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers who are also members of Cherokee Gadugi recently worked their art/craft in the home of Leta Goodman. Ms. Drake taught beginner Dana Lisby how to make a small Cherokee purse. She also taught intermediate weavers Amy Denton and Dianne Duck how to make a small basket with a lightening design and Cherokee rim. Leta Goodman, an advanced weaver learning to weave old-style traditional double-woven baskets, taught Alvin Oglesby, a new beginner how to read and weave a graphed pattern.

General Membership Meeting – July 13, 2-4pm – North Richland Hills Library!

Don’t miss this chance to gather with your fellow Cherokees for a fun and educational two hours! Bring a willing family member or your distant cousin. Join Cherokee Gadugi or not, you’ll enjoy the occasion!

The program features a presentation by Cherokee Artist, Rose Drake! Rose is an award-winning Cherokee weaver whose style ranges from traditional to contemporary. She will discuss Cherokee basketry from pre-contact to today.

Ms. Drake did research at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of Natural History. That research focused on historic and pre-historic Cherokee baskets.

Rose, with her colleagues, worksat the Spiro Mound Museum to create baskets modeled after prehistoric fragments for hands-on education at the museum.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience authentic Cherokee basketry. Meeting address: 9015 Grand Ave., NRHills.

ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏚᎩ member, James Humphrey, wins prestigious national literary award!

"CONGRATULATIONS! It is our sincere pleasure to inform you that you are a Finalist in the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence®Awards. Your book embodies the standards of excellence that this award was created to celebrate." Category: NATIVE/INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS FICTION – “Cherokee Reel” James A. Humphrey

This award adds the author to the NIEA Speaker's Bureau as an additional benefit which is a list of nationally recognized and utilized people available for speaking engagements. Incidentally but of interest to our members, today the author was contacted by a reporter from the "Cherokee Phoenix" to arrange a telephone interview for her "in progress" article on his trilogy. For more information, visit www.cherokeetrilogy.com