Western Cherokee Ethnobotany and the Continuity of Traditional Arts

Episode 31 is available for download.
(58:47 minutes, 16.1 MB, MP3)

The use of plants in Cherokee artisanship (basketry, maskmaking, and expressive traditions) is explored by Dr. Justin Murphy Nolan, professor of anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dr. Nolan's talk was part of the Cherokee Footsteps in Northwest Arkansas Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in October 2007.