Oconaluftee Indian Village: demonstrators

This undated photograph by John Parris depicts craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreated 1750s Cherokee village. At right, Guy Littlejohn holds a broadaxe, commonly used to remove the bark of trees and roughly shape wood. Woodworkers at the Oconaluftee Indian Village regularly demonstrate the crafting of traditional Cherokee masks, bowls, bows, war clubs, and Indian ball sticks. At the far left, Molly Sequoyah has almost finished a small storage basket while Mary Shell (center) has just begun constructing a small basket, and the woman on the right is holding splits ready to be woven into a basket. Cherokee craftspeople throughout the village also demonstrate beadwork, pottery making, fingerweaving, making and using blowguns and animal traps, and making dugout canoes