New documentary highlights Lowcountry sweetgrass basket makers, African roots

Vital Impacts on Instagram: "@vital.impacts is honored to announce the recipient of the 2026 Madonna Thunder Hawk (@hawkmadonnathunder) Environmental Photography Fellowship: documentary photographer and member of the Blackfeet Nation, Whitney Snow (@whitneytsnow). We are proud to support her work documenting women-led grassroots efforts to restore sweetgrass in Blackfeet territory. Sweetgrass is one of the most sacred plants for the Blackfeet people, tended and braided by women for generations.

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We’re just a couple weeks away from our Sweetgrass Weaving Workshop with Dino Badger and spots are filling fast! Learn about the Gullah tradition of sweetgrass basket weaving and create your own handmade piece of Lowcountry art. Register soon before this session sells out: morrisheritagecenter.org/event-5975945 | #MorrisHeritageCenter | Morris Center For Lowcountry Heritage