RHONDA WILSON
Tohono O'odham

     My name is Rhonda Wilson and I am from the village of Little Tucson on the Tohono O'odham Nation. I learned how to weave by watching and mimicking my great-grandmother, the late Isabell Miguel when I was eight-years-old. I would use the discarded yucca shavings to form what I thought was a basket. That same year, I finished my first basket. I was so proud of myself.

     I weave because it relaxes me and I enjoy weaving with my family, my husband and two daughters. I weave split stitch and closed stitch made out of yucca (both green and white), beargrass, banana yucca root (red), and devil's claw (black)

     Weaving baskets is a hobby. It inspires me because it is a family tradition which I am passing on to my daughters and nieces.

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