Connie Graves photo courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
Overview
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Grand Ronde Nations Traditional Burden Basket
Lesson 2: Design and Create a Burden Basket with a Strap
Lesson 3: Research and Make a Poster of the Three Types of Basket Materials
Lesson 4: Make a Set of Plant Identification Playing Cards
Lesson 5: Explore Key Questions
Extending the lesson/References
Books, etc.
Collins, Richard. The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America. Smithmark Publishers: New York, reprinted 1992.
Gunther, Erna. Ethnobotany of Western Washington: The Knowledge and Use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans. Washington Press: 1974.
Indians in Oregon Today, Oregon Middle School-High School Curriculum. Oregon Dept. of Education: Salem, OR, 2004 revision.
To obtain this document, visit HYPERLINK “http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/nclb/title_vii/indiansinoregontoday.pdf” http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/nclb/title_vii/indiansinoregontoday.pdf or contact the Oregon Department of Education:
255 Capitol St. NE,
Salem, OR 97310-0203
Pendleton, Lorann. Native Americans, the Nature Company Discoveries. Time-Life Books, U.S.A.: reprinted 1996.
Schlick, Mary D. Columbia River Basketry: Gift of the Ancestors, Gift of the Earth. University of Washington Press: 1994.
Websites
The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
HYPERLINK “http://www.ctclsi.org” http://www.ctclsi.org
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
HYPERLINK “http://www.grandronde.org” http://www.grandronde.org
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
HYPERLINK “http://www.cowcreek.com” http://www.cowcreek.com
The Language of Native American Baskets from the Weavers’ Point of View (text and photos of burden baskets)
HYPERLINK http://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/baskets/subpage.cfm/subpage=burden http://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/baskets/subpage.cfm?subpage=burden
Native Americans of the Willamette Valley (tribal information and maps)
HYPERLINK “http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/indiobiblio.html” http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/indiobiblio.html
Turtle Island Storyteller Elaine LaBonte (Grand Ronde Tribal Member)
HYPERLINK “http://www.turtleislandstorytellers.net/tis_oregon/transcript_e_labonte.htm” http://www.turtleislandstorytellers.net/tis_oregon/transcript_e_labonte.htm
Native Plants of the Northwest
HYPERLINK “http://www.nwplants.com” http://www.nwplants.com
Attachment
Glossary
Glossary
Artist A person who is skilled and does anything well, with imagination and a feeling of form, effect, etc.
Burden Basket A conical-shaped basket worn on the back, supported by a strap (a tumpline) around the forehead and/or chest, allowing the person’s hands to be free.
Cedar A large, cone-bearing tree. Western Red Cedar is one type of tree that is used to make baskets. Cedar has often been called, “The Tree of Life,” by the Pacific Northwest tribes for its many uses.
Grand Ronde Reservation Home to twenty-six different tribes that were forced out of their original homelands and relocated to land in northwestern Oregon.
Juncus A member of the rush family. It has long, grass-like blades and is used in basket-making.
Kalapuya Tribe Original homeland was in the Greater Willamette Valley
area. Today, the Kalapuya Tribe is part of the Confederation of the Grand Ronde.
Reservation Land upon which Indians were restricted, relocated, or otherwise confined apart from or much reduced from their original homelands.
Talking Circle Traditionally used as a speaking forum by tribal members seated in a circle. The speaker holds a talking stick or feather when addressing the other members who listen without interrupting until the stick or feather is passed to the next person to their left.
Tumpline A woven band in the form of a loop attached to a burden basket that rests upon a person’s back. The woven band was worn across one’s forehead or across the chest.
Umpqua Tribe Original homeland was in the Southwestern part of Oregon. Today, there is The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw.
Willow There are many different types of willow, from scrubs to trees, used in basket-making.
