Mabel McKay

Visual Artist

1907 – 1993

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Who was Mabel McKay?

Mabel McKay was a member of the Long Valley Cache Creek Pomo Indians and was of Patwin descent. She was the last Dreamer of the Pomo people and a basket making prodigy.

Greg Sarris published a biography of Mabel, called Weaving the Dream, which follows Mabel’s way of storytelling – a meandering one which describes her work as a dreamer, doctor, and basket weaver.

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Born
Jan 12, 1907
Nice
Lived in
  • Nice
Died
1993

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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