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Louisiana Coushatta Basket Makers - Traditional Knowledge, Resourcefulness, and Artistry as a Means of Survival (Hardcover)
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Louisiana Coushatta Basket Makers - Traditional Knowledge, Resourcefulness, and Artistry as a Means of Survival (Hardcover)
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Louisiana Coushatta Basket Makers brings together oral histories,
tribal records, archival materials, and archaeological evidence to
explore the fascinating history of the Coushatta Tribe's famed
basket weavers. After settling at their present location near the
town of Elton, Louisiana, in the 1880s, the Coushatta (Koasati)
tribe developed a basket industry that bolstered the local tribal
economy and became the basis for generating tourism and political
mobilization. The baskets represented a material culture that
distinguished the Coushattas as Indigenous people within an
ethnically and racially diverse region. Tribal leaders serving as
diplomats also used baskets as strategic gifts as they built
political and economic allegiances throughout the twentieth
century, thereby securing the Coushattas' future. Behind all these
efforts were the basket makers themselves. Although a few Coushatta
men assisted in the production of baskets, it was mostly women who
put in the long hours to gather and process the materials, then
skillfully stitch them together to produce treasures of all shapes
and sizes. The art of basket making exists within a broader
framework of Coushatta traditional teachings and educational
practices that have persisted to the present. As they tell the
story of Coushatta basket makers, Linda P. Langley and Denise E.
Bates provide a better understanding of the tribe's culture and
values. The weavers' own ""language of baskets"" shapes this
narrative, which depicts how the tribe survived repeated hardships
as weavers responded on their own terms to market demands. The work
of Coushatta basket makers represents the perseverance of
traditional knowledge in the form of unique and carefully crafted
fine art that continues to garner greater recognition and
appreciation with every successive generation.
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