Lottie Queen Stamper teaching a basketry class at the Cherokee Training School, 1950; pictured, from left to right: Lois Rattler (Calonehuskie), Frances Bradley, Annie Queen, Lottie Queen Stamper, and ...

CHEROKEE - When potter Joel Queen grinds mussel shells and massages the white flecks into lumps of moist, brown clay, he’s molding the past. The shell-tempered clay technique, recreated recently by ...

Guest Opinion. Cherokee artists share the Cherokee story and culture with the world. They are essential to our identity as a people. Sadly, the pandemic led to many canceled art shows and festivals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Levi West is a potter who begins with the ground itself — the earth. He has been researching sites around Cherokee towns where his ...

NATIVE EXPRESSIONS: Members of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual in Cherokee produce a wide array of crafts. Pictured, clockwise from top left, are clan masks from buckeye by Pete Long, a white oak ...

Levi West is a potter who begins with the ground itself — the earth. He has been researching sites around Cherokee towns where his ancestors would have harvested clay for pottery. But even when he ...