Weaving a California Tradition : A Native American Basketmaker

by Linda Yamane

Other authorsDugan Aguilar (Photographer)
Magazine (paper), 1997

LCC

Chi E99 M86 Y35 1997

Collection

Children

Description

Follows an eleven-year-old Western Mono Indian, as she and her relatives prepare materials needed for basketweaving, make the baskets, and attend the California Indian Basketweavers Association's annual gathering.

Publication

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, c1997.

Subjects

Tags

Mono baskets-literature, Mono Indians--Social life and customs-literature, Basket making--California-literature, Reading age: 8-10, Grades 3-5

Series

We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today

Awards

CCBC Choices (1996)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
NCTE Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 (1996-1998)

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