Episode 043: Gabriel Frey

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Episode Recorded February 2, 2022.

Gabriel Frey is a 13th generation Wabanaki basketmaker from the Dawnland. During our conversation Gabriel shares the importance of indigenous land stewardship and the role basket weaving has as a vehicle for cultural transmission. He shares the historical importance basket weaving has in preserving indigenous agency, especially in the time where Wabanaki territory was stolen, sold and repackaged as compliance rations. In spite of that trauma, basket weaving has helped preserve Wabanaki culture and its importance shines through Gabriel’s work.

To find more of Gabriel’s work visit his website: www.gabrielfreybaskets.com, and on Instagram @gabrielfreybasketmaker. Visit him at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, Santa Fe Indian Market, and buy his book, “The First Blade of Sweetgrass,” at your local bookstore, bookshop.org, or the online corporation which shall not be named but rhymes with shamazon.

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