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Marketing traditions: Cherokee basketry and tourist economies

Selling the Indian : commercializing & appropriating American Indian culturesTucsonPublished In 2001 • Pages: 212-235

By: Hill, Sarah H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of traditional Cherokee basketry and the commercializing of this product during the twentieth century. Hill compares North Carolina and Oklahoma basketry, and indicates various factors affecting the marketing of these wares . The author provides additional information on the significant role of tourism in the sale of baskets, and on goverment initiatives to stimulate the production and sale of the baskets to the public.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Artifact and archive collections
Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
Cultural participation
Mats and basketry
Income and demand
External trade
Division of labor by gender
Foreign exchange
Public welfare
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cherokee
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1990
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
North Carolina and Oklahoma, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Sarah H. Hill
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cherokee Indians