Innovative Tlingit weaver was internationally renowned for baskets, textiles

Sitka resident and Tlingit weaver Teri Rofkar takes staff from the National Museum of the American Indian up Blue Lake Road last year. The group was in town for field study, learning about the origins of many of the objects they keep track of in Washington, D.C. Rofkar passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. (Photo by Ed Ronco/KCAW )
Tlingit weaver Teri Rofkar died Dec. 2, 2016. She was 60.
The Sitka resident was internationally renowned for her baskets and textiles, made from cedar, spruce tree