Red Cedar Necklace Weaving Workshop
SPEAKER: Brenda Brainard
Red Cedar Necklace Weaving Workshop
SPEAKER: Brenda Brainard
In this hands-on class, participants will learn to weave a Red Cedar pouch necklace with hairpipe bone and glass beads.
Brenda Brainard is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. She has been processing and weaving with natural materials (cedar, sedge, willow) for over 40 years and began teaching weaving about 30 years ago. She primarily focused on traditional American Native patterns, materials and styles.
All materials are provided. No experience necessary.
Cost is sliding scale $60 – $90 per participant. Please register online.
About the instructor
Brenda Brainard is a retired educator with 30 years working as a Director of an Indian Education Project and a Tribal attorney who still works with Tribes across the US. She currently contracts with School Districts to review Native Americans in curriculum and as an advisor on SB 13-Tribal History/Shared History. She is a Tribal storyteller and a Traditional Women’s Style Dancer.
