North Country At Work

Mary Tebo “Wenniseriiosta” braiding sweetgrass. Akwesasne. Circa 1996. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.

Hands at work making wampum belts and strings at Margaret Boots Cree Wampum bead class. Akwesasne. 1980. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.

Luthier Glenn Hill holds a guitar he made inside his home studio. Hogansburg, NY. Photo taken by Amy Feiereisel.

Carrie Hill is a modern basket maker and the owner of Chill Baskets. She works out of a home studio and has work in museums and collections around the world. Making baskets from sweetgrass and black ash splint is a tradition that goes back generations in her family, but Carrie learned as an adult, from her […]

Carrie Hill is a modern basket maker and the owner of Chill Baskets. She works out of a home studio and has work in museums and collections around the world. She says it has been rewarding beyond measure, and describes her personal style as ‘colorful, balanced, and very Carrie.’ Photo taken October 2019. Hogansburg, NY. Photo by […]

Theresa Bear Fox is an Akwesasne-based singer and songwriter. She spoke about singing in both Mohawk and English, and how her songs allow her to personally connect with her listeners. The photo is of Fox performing at the Native American Music Awards. Photo courtesy of Theresa Bear Fox.

Katsitsionni Fox is a documentary filmmaker from Akwesasne. Katsitsionni described how openness makes for a good documentary filmmaker, and her favorite moments on a shoot. Director Katsitsionni Fox holds a microphone while interviewing Pete Jemison. Photo courtesy of Katsitsionni Fox.

Director Katsitsionni Fox holds a microphone while interviewing Pete Jemison. Katsitsionni is a documentary filmmaker from Akwesasne. One of Katsitsionni’s most recent films was focused on her daughter and friends, and what growing up is like for Mohawk youth. She spoke about the advantages of being close to your subjects as a filmmaker. Photo courtesy […]

Stu Kuby is a songwriter and record producer who has worked in New York City, Los Angeles and Vancouver. He moved to Glens Falls in 2002, and in 2010 he founded Hudson River Music Hall Productions, Inc. alongside Professor Nicholas Buttino, musician/composer Jonathan Newell, and community member Judith Johnson in Hudson Falls. They founded Hudson […]

Band “The Whippersnappers” performing on the bandstand in City Park. L to R: Peter Davis, George Wilson, and Frank Orsini. June 16, 1983. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection, CLP 1117, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas […]