Meet Dat So La Lee, a Washoe basket weaver whose signature degikup style preserved her cultural heritage and offered a means of survival as she adapted to the American economy. Meranda Roberts A ...
The Nevada State Museum will be unveiling a new medallion in honor of Women’s History Month on March 20. The new medallion will honor Dat So La Lee, the “Queen of the Basket Weavers,” according to a ...
In a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars, “La La Land’s” Ai-ling Lee has already made history — twice. The Singapore-born Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan are the first all-woman sound editing duo ...
Before she died in December 1925, the Washoe Indian basket maker called Dat So La Lee insisted that she should be buried with one of her baskets. Authorities complied with her request. The Carson City ...
It’s not every day an employee from the University Libraries gets to handle a rare Dat So La Lee basket valued at more than $1 million. Two @One Digital Media Technology employees recently got to do ...
On Monday morning Dec. 7, 1925, the Carson City Daily Appeal ran a front page story, two columns wide and the length of the paper. The headline proclaimed: "Dat-So-La-Lee, Buried With Treasured Basket ...