Hazel Pete

(American | Chehalis (born 1915, died 2003))

Native American artist Hazel Pete (Chehalis, 1915-2003) was a fifth-generation basketweaver of Chehalis heritage. She first learned how to weave baskets at age 5 by watching her grandmother. In her late teens, she studied art at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She went on to teach “American Indian arts and crafts” at