Ed Carriere National Endowment for the Arts Application, 2022

This collection consists of materials submitted by Ed Carriere, Suqaumish Elder and Master Basketmaker, as a part of a fellowship application to the National Endowment for the Arts. It includes biographical information about Ed Carriere and his study of basketmaking, a timeline of his career, details of his collaboration with archaeologist Dale R. Croes, photographs of his work, letters of support, and articles about Ed Carriere, and Salish Sea basketry and culture. Letters of support are from Leonard Forsman, Chair, Suquamish Tribe; Bud Lane, President of the Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association (NNABA) and Vice Chair, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon; Ralph Munro, former Washington Secretary of State; Theresa Secord, Master Basketmaker, Penobscot Nation, and Founding Director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA); and Melinda West, a longtime collaborator of Ed Carriere.