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((short description|Native American basket maker from Louisiana))
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((Infobox person
| name               = Christine Navarro Paul
| image              = Christine Navarro Paul.jpg
| caption            = Christine Navarro Paul (left) in 1908 displaying a woven cane mat outside her house
| birth_date         = December 28, 1874
| birth_place        = [[Charenton, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date         = ((death_year_and_age|1946|1874))
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = Chitimacha basket maker
| spouse             = Benjamin Paul
| parents            = Joseph Auguste Navarro and Augustine Marguerite Pladner
| children           = 
))
'''Christine Navarro Paul''' (December 28, 1874 &ndash; 1946), a member of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana]], was a celebrated [[Basket weaving|basket]] maker and teacher.

Beginning in her 20s, she led the efforts of the Chitimacha women to create and sell beautiful woven baskets made from dyed wild [[Arundinaria gigantea|river cane]]. Through this work they were able to support the tribe both financially and politically. Christine Navarro Paul collaborated with several European American women, who acted as [[Intermediary|intermediaries]] for the marketing and sale of the baskets. The friendships that she developed with these women helped her to gain additional support for the Chitimacha tribe.

She and her husband, Benjamin Paul, [[Tribal chief|Chief]] of the Chitimacha, took care of [[orphan]]s and other children in need in their community.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=6–7))</ref> Christine advocated for the establishment of a school within the community for Chitimacha children. In 1935, when the school was finally established, she became the lead teacher of basket weaving, which helped to ensure that the skills and artistry needed to continue to create Chitimacha baskets would not die out. Christine Navarro Paul died in 1946.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=x))</ref>

==Early life ==
Older Chitimacha women taught younger women to weave baskets from wild river cane, ''[[Arundinaria gigantea]]'', to supplement their income. In addition they harvested food from gardens and gathered wild plants. Christine's mother died when she was seven years old and her father died when she was nine. She likely lived with her step-mother and was a student at the nearby [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] school. There she would have learned [[English language|English]], a valuable skill which later enabled her to become the communication link with the white women she collaborated with to sell the Chitimacha baskets.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=29))</ref>

==Later life ==
Christine married Benjamin Paul, son of John Paul, chief of the Chitimacha.<ref>Usner, "From Bayou Teche to Fifth Avenue," p. 343.</ref> Like other men in the Chitimacha tribe, he would have done [[Seasonal industry|seasonal work]] on the [[sugarcane]] plantations, logged [[cypress]] trees, as well as hunted and fished for food. At his father's death Benjamin Paul became the chief of the Chitimacha tribe.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=14))</ref> Christine and Benjamin did not have any children of their own, however they did care for orphans and other needy children in their community.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=44))</ref> Sara McIlhenny, one of Christine's collaborators wrote of her, "The needy, sick and orphans all turn for help to the Chief and his wife..."<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=47))</ref> Christine continued in her role as communicator and mediator for the Chitimacha people throughout her life. Her husband said of her to the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs]], that it was his wife that "is the one doing the Indian's business."<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=63))</ref>

Anthropologist [[Mark R. Harrington]] interviewed Christine Paul in 1908.<ref>((cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Maegan A. |title=A Public History Meditation: Collaboration's Role in Public History with Two of Louisiana's American Indian Tribes |date=2016 |publisher=University of Louisiana |location=Lafayette, LA |page=21 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/51e403732f8108f200c2e88fa3b242b2/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750 |edition=Master's thesis |access-date=23 December 2021))</ref>((Better source needed|reason=Non-notable masters thesis, per [[WP:SCHOLARSHIP]]|date=December 2021))

Her granddaughter, [[Ada Thomas]] was also a notable basketmaker.<ref name="NEA">((cite web |title=Ada Thomas |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/ada-thomas |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=23 December 2021))</ref>

== Basket making ==
[[Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands]] are known for crafting baskets and mats from rivercane. Chitimacha in particular are known for their complex and curvilinear designs in their rivercane baskets. The baskets, as cultural objects, also helped to establish the Chitimacha tribe as a unique Native American nation.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=7))</ref>

Christine likely learned her skill at weaving baskets from Miss Clara Darden, one of the older women in the tribe who was a skilled weaver.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=6))</ref> The baskets were made by collecting wild river cane, ([[Arundinaria gigantea|Arundinaria gigant]]), which had once been plentiful, but had become increasingly difficult to find. They cut the cane and then while it was still green, split and peeled it into narrow [[splints]] to be dried and then dyed with [[natural dye]]s of yellow, black or red. It took weeks to prepare the splints before weaving could begin. The baskets were woven in one of 16 or more different patterns, with basket shapes that included mats, trays, bowls, and boxes with lids.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=7))</ref> A reporter from the New Orleans ''Daily Picayune'' observed a large trunk basket and basketry cigar case which Christine Paul had made.<ref>Usner, "From Bayou Teche to Fifth Avenue," pp. 343–44.</ref>

=== Marketing the baskets ===
Mary McIlhenny Bradford, a member of the upper-class McIlhenny family on [[Avery Island, Louisiana|Avery Island]], wrote to Chief John Paul in 1899 to ask about purchasing Indian baskets. Three months later Christine Paul, his daughter-in-law, wrote back letting her know that the basket was on its way.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=6))</ref> A non-Native man offered Christine $35 for the basket, but she sold it to Bradford.<ref>Usner, "From Bayou Teche to Fifth Avenue," p. 349.</ref> The basket Mary Bradford received was a double-woven, large, lidded basket. It had taken two women weeks to produce it. At that time in the United States there was an increasing demand for authentic, well-made Indian crafts. Gradually Mary and her older sister Sara McIlhenny developed an extensive network of upper-class White women to help market these baskets. Purchasers included those who wanted them for personal use and others who wanted to add them to Indian art collections or museums. The McIlhenny sisters saw their role as helping to preserve a nearly extinct craft while also supporting people in trouble. The income from the sales of the baskets would have been essential for the struggling Chitimacha community. Christine, as a member of the chief's family and someone who could read and write English, became the liaison with the McIlhenny sisters and organized the fulfillment of the orders.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=8–9))</ref> Christine helped to organize the revival of basketmaking by women in the Chitimacha tribe and Mary McIlhenny Bradford helped with marketing. For example, she worked to get the baskets included in an exhibition in the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|St. Louis World's Fair]] in 1904. During the 1920s and 1930s the communication between Christine and the McIlhenny sisters gradually slowed down. However, in the 1930s Christine, along with her sister-in-law Pauline Paul, developed a relationship with another White woman, [[Caroline Dormon|Caroline Coroneos Dorman]], a writer and teacher, who helped them to continue marketing their baskets. She also had an [[Anthropology|anthropological]] interest in the Chitimacha and other Native American tribes. Dorman wrote an article, "The Last of the Cane Basket Makers," for [[Holland's Magazine|Holland's, The Magazine of the South]] in 1931. The article helped to renew interest in both the Chitimacha baskets and their Native American culture.<ref>((Cite book|last=Usner|first=Daniel|title=Weaving Alliances with Other Women|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=2015|pages=53–54))</ref>

==Collections==
Her work is included in the collection of the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum.<ref name="USDIM">((cite web |title=Lidded Basket Christine Navarro Paul (1874-1946) and Culture of Origin: Chitimacha1900/1925 |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/lidded-basket-christine-navarro-paul-1874-1946/PQFCpxeKJvVJ9A?hl=en |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior Museum |access-date=23 December 2021))</ref> The Smithsonian's [[National Museum of the American Indian]] has two unfinished, double-weave basket made by her that reveals construction techniques,<ref>((cite web |title=Basket (unfinished) |url=https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_19627 |website=National Museum of the American Indian |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=23 December 2021))</ref> as well raw materials for basket making, and six finished baskets by her in different styles, from a sieve to a cow-nose basket.<ref>((cite web |title=Collections Search: Christine Paul |url=https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/search?edan_q=Christine%20Paul |website=National Museum of the American Indian |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=23 December 2021))</ref> Her work is also included in private collections.<ref name="CIM">((cite journal |last1=Wilmot |first1=Judith |title=Art of the Weave |journal=Cowboys and Indians Magazine |date=August 2020 |url=https://www.cowboysindians.com/2020/08/art-of-the-weave/ |access-date=23 December 2021))</ref>

==Death==
Christine Navarro Paul's husband, Chief Benjamin Paul died in 1934. She continued her work of supporting the tribe by weaving baskets and teaching younger generations to weave until her death in 1946.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* Kladzyk, Pamela. ''The Sacred Hoop: Native American Women Designers'' in ''Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000: Diversity and Difference''. Yale University Press, 2000.
* Usner, Daniel H. ''Weaving Alliances with Other Women: Chitimacha Indian Work in the New South''. Athens, CA: University of Georgia Press, 2015.
* ((cite journal |last1=Usner Jr. |first1=Daniel H. |title=From Bayou Teche to Fifth Avenue: Crafting a New Market for Chitimacha Indian Baskets |journal=The Journal of Southern History |date=May 2013 |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=339–74 |jstor=23795560 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23795560 |access-date=23 December 2021))

== External links ==
* [https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/search?edan_q=Christine%20Paul Christine Paul baskets in the National Museum of the American Indian collection]
* [https://www.aaeportal.com/images/51250/christine-paul-and-pauline-paul-holding-a-chitimacha-cane-mat--outside-christine-paul-s-house--chitimacha-indian-reservation--louisiana Christine Paul and Pauline Paul holding a Chitimacha cane mat, outside Christine Paul's house, Chitimacha Indian Reservation, Louisiana], photograph

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