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Jennifer Malone
Native Ways
Photo courtesy of the artist
Jennifer Malone (Wukchumni) of Tulare uses the traditional art of basket weaving to share the Wuchumni language with her family and community. Malone, a self-described “language weaver,” learned her ancestral language from her mother, Marie Wilcox. Jenifer has been weaving for 25 years, having learned from Beatrice Wilcox, her grandmother who was a master weaver. Jennifer is an active basketry teacher, has partnered with and displayed at many community events, and is a board member of the California Indian Basketweavers Association. The Wukchumni are part of the broader Yokut Tribe of California, which consists of 50 smaller Tribes. The Wukchumni once had a population of 50,000 people. Today, there are less than 250 Tribal members.