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The list First Nations basket weavers includes Primrose Adams, Delores Churchill, Isabella Edenshaw, Florence Davidson and Agnes Alfred. The list consists of 8 members.

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First Nations
Term used for Indigenous peoples in Canada
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    Overview: Primrose Adams (born 1926 in Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands) is a Canadian First Nations artist from the Haida nation. She is most notable for her spruce root basketry. In 2011 she was awarded the Creative ...
    Nationality: Canadian
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    2020 deaths 11,737T
    21st-century First Nations people 173T
    20th-century First Nations people 177T
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    Delores Churchill
    Canadian Haida weaver
    Delores Churchill
    Overview: Delores E. Churchill (Haida: Ilskyaalas) is a Native American artist of Haida descent. She is a weaver of baskets, hats, robes, and other regalia, as well as leading revitalization efforts for Haida, her ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Artist
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    Women basketweavers 43T
    Women textile artists 330T
    Native American women artists 170T
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    Agnes Alfred
    Qwiqwasutinuxw storyteller and noblewoman
    Overview: Axuw (c. 1890 – 1992), known as Agnes Bertha Alfred following her baptism, was a Qwiqwasutinuxw storyteller and noblewoman of the Kwakwaka'wakw. Alfred was recognized by her peers as one of the last great ...
    Date of birth: 1890
    Date of death: 1992
    Age: 101 (age at death)
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    Mary Leaf
    Akwesasne Mohawk basket maker
    Overview: Mary Leaf (1925–2004) was an Akwesasne Mohawk basket maker, who lived on the border between Canada and the United States. Leaf specialized in basket making, having learned customary basketry techniques ...
    Date of birth: 1925
    Date of death: 2004
    Age: 78 (age at death)
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    Isabella Edenshaw
    Haida basketweaver
    Overview: Isabella Edenshaw (1842 – 1926) was a First Nations basket weaver who lived in Haida Gwaii. She was given this name by an Anglican priest when she was married. She is also known by the Haida names K'w ...
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    Artists from Alaska 47T
    Haida artists 17T
    20th-century Native Americans 305T
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    Mary Kawennatakie Adams
    Mohawk artist
    Mary Kawennatakie Adams
    Overview: Mary Kawennatakie Adams (January 24, 1917 – May 23, 1999) was a Mohawk First Nations textile artist and basket maker.
    Date of birth: 24 January 1917
    Age: 108
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    Ursula Johnson
    Canadian artist
    Overview: Ursula Johnson is a multidisciplinary Mi’kmaq artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her work combines the Mi’kmaq tradition of basket weaving with sculpture, installation, and performance art ...
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    Florence Davidson
    Canadian artist
    Florence Davidson
    Overview: Florence Edenshaw Davidson (1896–1993) was a Canadian First Nations artist from the Haida nation who created traditional basketry and button-blankets and was also a respected elder in her First Nations ...
    Date of birth: 1896
    Date of death: 1993
    Age: 96 (age at death)
    Nationality: Canadian
    Occupation: Artist
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    20th-century Canadian women artists 496T
    20th-century First Nations people 177T
    Women basketweavers 43T
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