Bibliography:
Cherokee Arts
Chiltoskey, Mary Ulmer. Cherokee Fair & Festival: A History thru [sic] 1978. Cherokee, NC: The Association, 1996.
This brief pamphlet produced by Mary Chiltoskey includes the competition categories and prize schedules for the 1950 and 1978 Cherokee Fairs. Competition categories included; basketry, pottery, agriculture and herbs among others. Pages 15-38 substantially reprint the 1950 Cherokee Indian Fair catalog. The back cover includes Cherokee alphabet and pronunciation guide. General audience.
Contemporary Artists and Craftsmen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: Promotional Exhibitions, 1965-1985. Cherokee: Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., 1987
Organized by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in cooperation with Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Contemporary Artists and Craftsmen contains short biographies of notable Cherokee artists from 1965 to1985 and includes an introduction and history on the topic. Included in the collection are entries on Cherokee basket weavers, sculptors, bead workers, carvers, and other crafters, although basket weavers predominate. The excerpts on various Cherokee artisans contain a photograph of the artist, a short biography, a description of their art form, any formal recognition received for their work, photographs.
Duggan, Betty J. and Brett H. Riggs. Studies in Cherokee Basketry. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee, Occasional Paper No. 9, 1991.
Duggan and Riggs provide an extensive analysis of Cherokee basketry as a continuing craft tradition, and provide brief histories of some of the basket makers. This work also includes areprint of “Decorative Art and Basketry of the Cherokee”, by Frank G. Speck. The Duggan and Riggs section as well as the Speck reprint provide highly detailed black and white photographs and drawings of patterns used in Cherokee basketry and pottery. Collegiate audience. References cited are included, but not a separate bibliography.
Duncan, Barbara R., ed. Where it all Began: Cherokee Creation Stories in Art. Cherokee, NC: Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 2001.
Duncan explores examples of the Cherokee creation story found in Cherokee art forms. The book includes biographies and artistic philosophies of contemporary and Craft Revival Cherokee artists. Also included are detailed color photographs of Cherokee baskets, carvings, and pottery. General audience.
Leftwich, Rodney L. Arts and Crafts of the Cherokee. Cullowhee, NC: Land-of-the-Sky Press, 1970.
This book touches on Cherokee pottery, woodwork, weaving, stone crafts, crafts utilizing beads and shells, metalwork, weapon making, crafts using feathers, and leather. The book focuses predominantly on basketmaking covering materials, history, process, styles of basketry, basketry patterns, and decorations. There are pictures of the process of making the crafts and photographs of many finished pieces. Some individual Cherokee artisans are pictured and discussed. The original purpose and use of the various crafts are often provided. A bibliography is included; however, endnotes and citations are not included.
Salisbury, Richard F. and Elizabeth Tooker, eds. Affluence and Cultural Survival. Washington, DC: American Ethnological Society, 1984.
Affluence and Cultural Survival is primarily an anthropological study made up of chapters by different authors detailing the topic of creating wealth while maintaining an intact culture in various cultural settings. The book explores the topic of affluence amongst native peoples in places such as the Venezuelan Amazon, Fiji, Yemen, Catalonia, and Cherokee, North Carolina. As a whole the book has little to do with Appalachian crafts and folk art. The fifth chapter “Will the ‘Real’ Indian Survive? Tourism and Affluence at Cherokee, North Carolina” by Larry R. Stucki is more relevant to the topic of Appalachian folk art. The article voices the concern that the successful tourist industry of Cherokee may ultimately result in the “destruction of the ethnic uniqueness” of the Cherokee people. The references to Cherokee art are limited. There is brief mention of the sale of handicrafts to supplement agricultural income and an arts and crafts revival. The chapter has little to offer the Appalachian folk arts researcher other than economic and social motives for the resurgence of Cherokee craft production. The article includes numerous in-text citations and a full list of the references cited at the end of the chapter.
Bibliography prepared by George Frizzell.
Annotations written by Jason Woolf and Patrick Velde.
Edited by Bob Strauss and Ann Hallyburton.