"A beautiful new book...stunning photographs illustrate virtually every page...provides an in-depth view of how contemporary artists . . . continue to practice the traditional arts of basketmaking, beadwork, birchbark canoe making, and woodcarving."
—Indian Country Today

"What's difficult to escape is the sense of long-standing tradition that binds the artists and their communities, giving the book a compelling cultural text."
—American Style

"Traditional Native American art is alive and well thanks to the dedicated efforts of Native Americans to preserve their culture and to folklorists who chronicle their history . . . Augmented by nearly two hundred beautiful color photographs, this book showcases the cultural history, symbolism, community connection, materials and methods for intricate forms of basket making and exquisite beadwork."
—Kennebec Journal

For generations, Native American traditional artists in the Northeast have passed on their culture through beadwork, basketry, canoe making, wood carving, and quilting. Through the work and words of over thirty-five traditional artists living and working primarily in Maine and New York, North by Northeast explores these artists' connection to place, tradition, and cultural identity. A tribute to the resourcefulness and creativity of contemporary practicing artists from the Wabanaki, Akwesasne Mohawk, and Tuscarora tribes, the book is beautifully illustrated with the work of photographers Cedric Chatterley, Peggy McKenna, Jere DeWaters, and Peter Dembski.

Folklorist Kathleen Mundell has been working with Native American traditional artists for over fifteen years. Her collaboration with Maine's Native American basketmakers resulted in a multi-tribal effort to preserve the ash basketry tradition and in the creation of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. North by Northeast also includes contributions by Salli Benedict (Mohawk), Sue Ellen Herne (Mohawk), Theresa Secord (Penobscot), Jennifer Neptune (Penobscot), and Lynne Williamson (Mohawk heritage).

Director of Cultural Resources, a nonprofit working with communities on sustaining their local culture, Kathleen Mundell has had a long involvement with the arts, folklore, ethnographic marketing, cultural preservation, and exhibit work. She has a BA in Literature from SUNY, Collage at Purchase, NY, and a Master's in Folklore from Indiana University at Bloomington.