Ed Carriere, Suquamish Elder, Master Basketmaker, and Canoe Carver, learned the art of basket making from his great-grandmother Julia Jacobs. As a result of his study and replication of ancient Salish Sea baskets, Ed Carriere has learned from and helped revive the art of over 200 generations of his ancestors.
Source: Community Spirit Award Honorees: Ed Carriere. First Peoples Fund. https://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/ed-carriere. Accessed October 20, 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.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Ed Carriere National Endowment for the Arts Application, 2022 (Cage 5160)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Dale Croes donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2023 (MS.2023.05).
The repository expects to receive additions to this collection.
Gayle O’Hara processed this collection in 2023.
Dale R. Croes Papers, 1893-2020
Preliminary Guide to the Dale R. Croes Photographs, 2000-2022
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