Sally Black wanted to weave baskets when she was little girl, but her mother, Mary Holiday Black, told her that she was too small to learn how. Black watched her mother closely in the evenings and ...

To the uninitiated, the terms "Native American" and "Navajo" are almost synonymous when it comes to identifying early North American arts and crafts. In fact, there are many tribes that made such ...

The Yokuts tribeswomen of central California were avid gamblers. Their favorite game was played with eight walnut-shell dice thrown on a decorated mat woven from reeds like a basket. Taking a year to ...