Julie McKenney

Julie McKenney is a proud Makah. Her family heritage goes back many generations dating back to the Ozette tribe of the Makah, which inhabited one of the five early villages. Julie is a fifth generation weaver and her work has been strongly influenced by her mother, aunts, and grandparents. She learned from her great grandmothers, Hazel Butler Parker and Bertha Lane Smith, and her grandparents David "Ty" and Leah Parker. As a family they sat around the table talking, sharing their basketry designs, and teaching their children. Their work takes form as baskets, hats, cedar mats of all sizes, sun visors, and graduation caps. Other designs include: weaving around glass balls, seal teeth, bear claws,candy dishes, bottles, and key chains.