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Shown below are items associated with Noeleen McQuary available without first logging in. This person appears in records from MOA.

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McQuary, who resides on the shore of Fraser Lake, is a master basket maker working with birch bark and spruce roots. Noeleen learned this art form of the Interior Dakelh from her mother and grandmother who instilled in her the spiritual principles related to the harvesting and making of baskets. Among Noeleen's accomplishments is the building of an 18-foot birch bark canoe, now part of the McLeod Lake Band Cultural Centre. She is committed to educating others, including her daughter, about her craft and its historical traditions and has created baskets for many galleries and private collectors. McQuary was the recipient of a 2009 BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art.