Cherokee – Page 3 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Shirley Taylor

Shirley Taylor makes white oak baskets dyed with walnut and bloodroot. She can also demonstrate...

Bud Smith carves wood into bears, birds, and other lively figures. He teaches workshops in...

Emily Smith makes white oak baskets and honeysuckle baskets with materials gathered from the woods...

The Smoky Mountain Native Plants Association (SMNPA) is a group of farmers, wildcrafters, naturalists, and...

Richard Saunooke has been creating historically accurate and beautiful Native American dress and crafts for...

Joel Queen is a ninth-generation potter, who traces his pottery lineage through the Bigmeat family...

Polly Rattler teaches hands-on workshops in corn shuck doll making, beadwork, and miniature basketmaking. She...

Bob Reed demonstrates the making of arrowheads, blowguns, and blowgun darts as well as the...

Lloyd Carl Owle uses his knowledge of legends and stories to carve masks, birds, and...

Shirley Jackson Oswalt was a celebrated Cherokee beadworker, gourd carver, and maker of white oak...

Freeman Owle tells traditional Cherokee stories, carves wood and stone, and talks about Cherokee culture...

Melissa Ann Maney demonstrates traditional pottery making and also teaches hands-on pottery classes to groups...