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Domestic Skills, Traditional Lifeways

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Western Shoshone, Washoe

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Melanie Smokey and Allen Mike

Basket Making

Willow weaving is a traditional activity that should be approached with a reverence for the plant that gives its life for the making of these baskets.

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