Join Tanya Stewart, a citizen of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and renowned artist, tradition keeper, and educator, to learn of the importance of water and wildlife to the Powhatan Algonquian tribal nations!
Tanya will showcase Native American artifacts and how the Eastern Woodland Indians would have used them, including deer bone needles and fishing hooks, and pine needle baskets. She will discuss Native life before European contact and how Virginia's wild places were, and are, integral to their culture, trade, and livelihoods.
Bio: Wingapo! My name is Tany Stewart and I am a citizen of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia. I have been doing Native crafts for over 40 years. Beading, pottery, leather, bark and pine needle bag making have been some of my projects. I have beadwork all over the world, not just in the U.S. but including Canada, Japan and Ireland. I have been representing my tribe for over 20yrs doing cultural outreach and conducting classes and workshops in beading and pine needle basket making. I was Cultural Resources Director the Eastern Chickahominy Tribe and helped to bring the Native culture and crafts back to our people. I enjoy teaching and telling of our Virgina Indian History.
