Jeff Bear/Marianne Jones
Ravens and Eagles Productions
21:30 minutes • 2002

Influenced and influential, April Churchill and Gladys Vandal stand out as highly gifted and talented Haida artists, both of whom have worked to preserve the Haida weaving tradition. The eldest daughter of legendary teacher Delores Churchill, April discusses why safeguarding tradition is important to her. Gladys Vandal also has roots deep in the basketry that grows out of the cedar tree. At her kitchen table, she demonstrates one of the oldest weaving techniques on earth.

Subject(s): Artists–April Churchill, Artists–Gladys Vandal, Crafts, Indigenous people–Haida, Weaving, Women–Artists

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