SMITHSONIAN REPORT, 1 956.— G I LBERT 



1. Arts and crafts have long been a part of Cherokee culture and have provided oppor- 

 tunities for income. The Cherokee Historical Association has been instrumental in 

 increasing production through its arts and crafts school and in reviving old Cherokee arts 

 and crafts such as beadwork. (Photo courtesy Cherokee Historical Association, ca. 1956.) 



2. The Cherokee have long been famous for their baskets and these basket weavers shown 

 above practice their art in the Cherokee Historical Association's re-created 200-year-old 

 Oconaluftee Indian village. (Photo courtesy Cherokee Historical Association, ca. 1956.) 



