Darlene See was chosen to weave the way the tradition has always chosen its weavers: an elder pointed, and said, "She's the one." I photographed her at Hoonah, Alaska, at work on a robe, thread by thread.

Darlene See was chosen to weave the way the tradition has always chosen its weavers: an elder pointed, and said, "She's the one." I photographed her at Hoonah, Alaska, at work on a robe, thread by thread.