The Twined Basket

<DIV>Great Grandmother Kaya a revered Skokomish basket maker is teaching Josephine 15 and her brother Ralph 10 how to make baskets twined with the leaves of the cattail plant. Kaya learned when she was very young just like the others who lived for thousands of years in the Southern Coast Salish region of Western Washington State. Now she passes the knowledge on showing Josephine and Ralph how to collect and process the cattails and even where to dig for the dying materials. But Kaya has more in store for them as they become entwined in the traditional ways of life.</div>