California Indian Basketweavers Association poster collection
Creator:
California Indian Basketweavers Association Search this
Extent:
13 Posters
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Posters
Date:
1992-2010
Summary:
The California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) is a nonprofit organization formed in 1992 in Woodland, California. CIBA's goal is "to preseve, promote, and perpetuate California Indian basket weaving traditions while providing a healthy physical, social, spiritual, and economic environment for basketweavers." CIBA holds an annual gathering for weavers to show their work, share techniques and stories and provide support to one another. This collection consists of 13 posters from the CIBA annual gatherings from 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2005 through 2010. There is also one poster from the California Statewide Traditional Gathering Policy. Several of these posters are signed by Deborah McConnell (Yurok/Quinault/Hoopa) who is the Northwestern California Field Director for CIBA.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 13 posters from the CIBA annual gatherings from 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2005 through 2010. There is also one poster from the California Statewide Traditional Gathering Policy. Several of these posters are signed by Deborah McConnell (Yurok/Quinault/Hoopa) who is the Northwestern California Field Director for CIBA.
Arrangement:
The posters are organized chronologically.
Biographical / Historical:
The California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) is a nonprofit organization formed in 1991 in Woodland, California. CIBA's goal is "to preseve, promote, and perpetuate California Indian basket weaving traditions while providing a healthy physical, social, spiritual, and economic environment for basketweavers." CIBA holds an annual gathering for weavers to show their work, share techniques and stories and provide support to one another.
Provenance:
The CIBA poster collection was donated to the museum by Marian Kaminitz in 2010.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Restricted: For study purposes only; copies not available.
Topic:
Indian basket makers -- California -- Congresses Search this
Genre/Form:
Posters
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
