Carolina Quotes
I knew that, like many people, if we didn't find new sources, find a way to keep the grasses available for the basketmakers, then we would lose the tradition.
Mary Jackson Carolinian
Source
Interview with Josephine Reed, National Endowment for the Arts, on being named a 2010 National Heritage Fellow for sweetgrass basketmaking
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- interview
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- NEA National Heritage Fellowship interview
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- 2010
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“I knew that, like many people, if we didn't find new sources…” Mary Jackson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1E332635BA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1e332635ba
More from Mary Jackson
But I can say very truthfully today that you have to have a lot of patience. You have to have a lot of interest in carrying on the tradition. It requires patience and dedication in order to make these baskets because it's a slow process.
[T]hey kept this tradition going among family members because they wanted the future generations to have these baskets as evidence of why they came here and where they came from.
I've passed it on, and I'm continuing to pass it on.