Toonoowee Baskets

Toonoowee Baskets We're a Cherokee owned & operated Art Co-op out of Oklahoma. Our artist are all registered with the Culture and tradition is something that must be respected. Mr.

We are a Cherokee Citizen owned and operated Art Co-op out of Oklahoma. We began in 2015 when Cherokee Artist Joshua Cooper began weaving baskets while working for Cherokee Nation Indian Child Welfare in Catoosa, OK. He worked as an "out-of-district" Child Welfare specialist covering northcentral and northwestern Oklahoma counties. He used basket weaving as a way to help the foster children in his

cases better connect with the Cherokee culture. During his time working for CN he began offering classes to private groups and at CN ICW events. He he has been featured in the Cherokee Phoenix and has told baskets through his Etsy site all over the world. After leaving Cherokee Nation he attended OCU Law in Oklahoma City, OK and has again has been offering basket classes in the Tulsa and OKC, Oklahoma areas. Although he himself hadn't considered himself as being raised "Traditionally Cherokee" he has realized in his adulthood where he was taught traditional values and stories not realizing they were Cherokee until he was older. Each basket leads is meant to bring understanding and accuracy to the students regarding the significance of the history and tradition that surrounds the process. Cooper's Cherokee Citizenship is gained passed through families that arrived both before and during the Trail of Tears. These families settled in the Park Hill, Tulsa, and Texanna Communities in Oklahoma. Tribal sovereignty and cultural integrity is important to him and his purpose in life and as a Cherokee Basket Weaver.

11/23/2022

The Cherokee Nation is fighting to secure a delegate in the House that would honor a treaty agreement signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. The treaty promised federal representation f…

Got some spots left for a fun Sunday afternoon!
11/01/2022

Got some spots left for a fun Sunday afternoon!

Agitsi Welcomes Cherokee Artist Joshua Cooper to teach us how to make a Cherokee Double Wall Basket, learn start to finish and more

We still have spots left for this Sunday at 2pm. Come Join us!
09/22/2022

We still have spots left for this Sunday at 2pm. Come Join us!

Agitsi Welcomes Cherokee Artist Joshua Cooper to teach us how to make a Cherokee Basket. Beginner Friendly

8/13/2022 - We had an absolute blast today learning and weaving those Cherokee Double-wall Round-reed Baskets. Had a sur...
08/14/2022

8/13/2022 - We had an absolute blast today learning and weaving those Cherokee Double-wall Round-reed Baskets. Had a surprise visit by family and friends in the class. What a special joy. Wado.
Class taught today by Cherokee Weaver at Studio.

Please give it a read. We support the efforts to ol bring peace to generations of tribal members and families negatively...
07/19/2022

Please give it a read.

We support the efforts to ol bring peace to generations of tribal members and families negatively impacted by the boarding school era here in the U.S. and Canada. We support Federal, Tribal, and State efforts to appropriately implement the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in our State District Courts.

This is the first in a three-part series following the intergenerational effects that the United States government’s century and a half practice of placing Indian children in boarding schools has had on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. This story was produced as a project for the US...

Are you turtly enough for the turtle club? Cherokee Nation Artist Joshua Cooper’s first try at making a turtle. We think...
07/19/2022

Are you turtly enough for the turtle club? Cherokee Nation Artist Joshua Cooper’s first try at making a turtle. We think it turned out to be a shell of a good time!

07/19/2022
Posted a Basket on Etsy for the first time in a while. Check it out! More coming soon.
07/18/2022

Posted a Basket on Etsy for the first time in a while. Check it out! More coming soon.

This Woven Baskets item is sold by TooNooWeeArt. Ships from Oklahoma City, OK. Listed on Jul 18, 2022

Large Cherokee Double-wall Round Reed Basket: “Catch-all” by Cherokee Nation Artist Joshua Cooper.
07/16/2022

Large Cherokee Double-wall Round Reed Basket: “Catch-all” by Cherokee Nation Artist Joshua Cooper.

Latest Cherokee Double-wall “Catch-all” Style #2 Round Reed Basket by Cherokee Nation Artist Joshua D. Cooper. Material...
07/13/2022

Latest Cherokee Double-wall “Catch-all” Style #2 Round Reed Basket by Cherokee Nation Artist Joshua D. Cooper. Materials are #2 Commercial Round Reed and Black with Scarlet RIT Fabric Dye.

05/01/2022

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., spoke before the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Monday, advocating for the preservation of Indigenous languages including Cherokee and other languages

A few of the Baskets that will be available for purchase at the Red Fern Festival in Tahlequah, Oklahoma this weekend!! ...
04/27/2022

A few of the Baskets that will be available for purchase at the Red Fern Festival in Tahlequah, Oklahoma this weekend!! If you're in town stop by our booth Native Love

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