The emerald ash borer has nearly wiped out the black ash trees in Wisconsin. However, the Ho-Chunk Nation is preserving black ash tree seeds.

For Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, this tradition ties her to generations of Gullah people, including her mother and daughter. My aunt Linda used to tell me, ‘Nobody has to make a basket.

and as I found out about the sweetgrass baskets, I realized that it was an African American art and it was originated in ...