American Indians teach art of basket weaving

Posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012 2:43 pm | Updated: 6:43 am, Mon Feb 6, 2012.

Lucy Parker held a willow sprig between her teeth and yanked to her left. But rather than breaking, the twig that had been soaked in water gently unfolded into thirds, and with her fingers she began to create a knot.

Parker and her mother, Julia Parker, are two Coast Miwoks who trekked from their homes hundreds of miles northeast of Lodi to come down and conduct a class on Coast Miwok tule basket-making Saturday.

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American Indians teach art of basket weaving