John Paul Darden, a member of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana in St. Mary Parish, prepares a stalk of river cane for basket-making. Specialists with the Plant Materials Center in Golden Meadow are ...

ST. MARY PARISH, LA (WVUE) - The cane baskets that are created by Louisiana's Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving. But the baskets also played ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - The cane baskets created by Louisiana’s Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving, but they also played a surprising role ...

Cherokee rivercane baskets have been getting smaller. These days, an intricately woven basket might be only the diameter of an apple. Artisans have been making some baskets smaller to make the most of ...

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology compare coiled and cane weaving techniques in crafting functional natural fiber baskets. Barack Obama responds to Donald Trump's Russia "treason" threats ...

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