‘Weaving Our World’ released
Della Cheney marks her publishing debut with the release of “Weaving Our World” (published by Xlibris), an exposition of the colorful and unique culture of the Haida and Tlingit people and the role of weaving in their life.
Cheney offers “Weaving Our World” as an introduction of why the Tlingit and Haida people weave today. “Some weave for their livelihood and some for their families. I chose to weave for my family because we love to celebrate life as participants of the Tlingit and Haida peoples of Southeast Alaska,” she says.
Entertaining and informative, the book will appeal to any reader who wants to learn more about the Tlingit and Haida people and how they use their weaving techniques to celebrate their way of life.
“It is relevant in today’s society because it is a way of life of weavers in Alaska and Canada and is used in the celebration of life and death of the people in those areas. The book imparts to readers the importance of weaving in our communities and how we, the Tlingit and Haida people, lift each other up during life and death ceremonies,” Cheney adds.
A snippet from “Weaving Our World” reads:
Harvesting: Since I’ve become a weaver, I have found that harvesting includes the harvester being of strong, mind, body and spirit. Learning when, where, and how to harvest the resources reminds me that we are stewards of the land, air and sea.
“Weaving Our World”
By Della Cheney
Hardcover | 8.5 x 11in | 46 pages | ISBN 9781543423723
Softcover | 8.5 x 11in | 46 pages | ISBN 9781543423716
E-Book | 46 pages | ISBN 9781543423709
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Della Cheney was born and raised in Kake, Alaska. She moved to Fairbanks with her husband Bill Cheney in 1971 as they celebrated their 46th year anniversary. They have two daughters, Gail Cheney, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Medicine Crow, J.D. In 1991-1992, Cheney participated in the Community Fellows Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she received her certificate in May of 1992. She graduated from college in May 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Hawaii, Hilo. Her first weaving teacher was her grandmother, Sdaath k’waasaa, Lucy Frank. Cheney began weaving in 1993; Janice Criswell was her first academic weaving teacher at University of Alaska, Juneau. Now, she is also teaching weaving of the red and yellow cedar, using grass and maidenhair fern for decoration. Cheney also weaves with spruce root, Ravenstail and plan to learn Chilkat. To date, she had taught over 2,000 children and adults how to weave a project like bracelet, baskets and hats.
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