Sheila Kanieson Ransom

Sheila Kanieson Ransom (born 1954, Five Nations Haudenosaunee, New York)^[1] is an American artist known for her sweetgrass and black ash basket making.^[2] Her weaving represents her efforts in preserving Akwesasne culture.^[3] Her work is in the New York State Museum^[4][5] and the Hood Museum of Art.^[6] Her work, Pope Basket, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign in 2022.^[7][8] In 2012, Ransom gifted a version of Pope Basket to Pope Benedict XVI after the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha.^[8][9]