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LEARN - North American Indian Basketry

Antique Indian Basketry is one of the most important Native American art forms on the market today. Most date from 1850-1930. One can note a change from utility and traditional use baskets to baskets made for sale to the white collector as early as 1890 within certain tribes, and by 1920 within most tribes. 

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GO TO GLOSSARY OF BASKETRY TERMS

Arctic and Subarctic Region
Attu, Aleute, Eskimo, Northern Athabaskan

Pacific Northwestern Region:
Tlingit, Haida, Coast Salish, Makah, Nootka,  Klickitat, Siletz, Yakima

Californian Region:
Hupa Group, Karok, Yurok, Kawaiisu, Tubatalabal, Klamath, Modoc, Maidu, Miwok, Mission Tribes, Mono Lake - Owens Valley Paiute, Pit River, Wintu, Pomo, Yokuts

Great Basin Region:
Shoshoni, Washo, Mono, Panamint, Chemehuevi, Paiute, Ute

Southwestern Region:
Havasupai, Walapai, Yavapai, Maricopa, Papago, Pima, Hopi, Apache, Jicarilla, Mescalero, Navajo, Ute, Pima, Papago

Eastern Regions:
Great Lakes Tribes - Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ottawa, Huron, Potawatomi, Winnebago.
Southeast: Chitimacha, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole