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Tradition! Arts and Crafts Revived
By Gussie Fauntleroy
| Published 11/30/2005
| Yokut , Ute , Tlingit , Sioux , Shoshone , Paiute , Navajo , Muskogee , Haida , Diné , Creek , Cree , Confederated Tribes of Umatilla , Choctaw , Cherokee , Gussie Fauntleroy , Wood Carving , Textiles/Weaving , Cultural Items , November/December
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 For many Native artisans, it was the memory of a grandmother’s deftly moving fingers, or a grandfather’s quiet words, that stirred up a powerful desire to learn and carry on an ancient skill perhaps in danger of being lost to the modern world. In some cases, the effort of a single artist—who taught someone else, who then taught someone else—has revived and preserved important ancient Native crafts.
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2005 November/December
By Site Editor
| Published 10/31/2005
| Literature , Cultural Items , 2005 , Diné , Yokut , Ute , Shoshone , Paiute , Muskogee , Creek , Cree , Confederated Tribes of Umatilla , Navajo , Cherokee
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 ON THE COVER
Wayne Price (Tlingit) of Haines, Alaska holds one of the traditional
small paddles once used by hunters to sneak up on their prey that Price
fashions today as a fine arts item—just one of the many handmade and
once obscure crafts making a comeback through the efforts of Native
artisans throughout the continent.
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