Southwest Indians
odd: label: Introduction
content: At each annual Festival, Native Americans brought their traditional cultures to the National Mall. The 1972 Indian presentation focused on tribes from the southwestern region of the United States. Visitors could see various examples of the lifestyles and crafts of Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache tribes from Arizona and New Mexico, and meet some seventy-five members of these tribes. "Museum Guide" signs invited comparison of the Festival's view with the exhibits of American Indian artifacts and lifestyles in the National Museum of Natural History.

As in previous years, participants were carefully selected through a continuing fieldwork program. Important criteria in their selection were a knowledge of their tribe and their skills in a particular artistic area. The fieldwork that went into the Indian participation at the Festival sought out people who could best represent the Iiving aspects of Indian culture. A potter was invited to the Festival because there was stiII a demand for Pueblo-made pottery, for instance, not because pottery was something Indians used to do in the past. There were dancers on the Mall, not because that was the visible and best-known image of Indians, but because the dancers and songs continued to play a vital part in Indian life today.

Clydia Nahwooksy served as Indian Awareness Program Director and Tom Kavanagh as Program Assistant. The program was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Americans for Indian Opportunity.
label: Participants
content: Joselita Ray, 1901-, Acoma, potter, Acomita, New Mexico

Edwin Declay, Apache, dancer, White River, Arizona

Lonnie Ethlbah, Apache, dancer, White River, Arizona

Matthew Ethlbah, Apache, dancer, White River, Arizona

Paul Ethlbah, Apache, singer, White River, Arizona 

Carol Gatewood, 1955-, Apache, discussant, McNary, Arizona

Daisy Johnson, 1904-1983, Apache, basket maker, White River, Arizona

Eva Paxson, Apache, bead worker

Edgar Perry, Apache, discussant, Fort Apache, Arizona

Colin Tessay, Apache, dancer, White River, Arizona

Bernard Dawahoya, 1936-2010, Hopi, silversmith, Second Mesa, Arizona

Edwin Kaye, Hopi, katchina doll carver, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico

Alice Sekaquaptewa, Hopi, piki bread maker

Abbott Sekaquaptewa, Hopi, discussant

Evangeline Talaftewa, Hopi, basket maker

Wilson Williams, Hopi, weaver

Elenore Abeita, Isleta, bread baker, Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico

Carlotta Juancho, Isleta, bread baker, Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico

Juana Marie Pecos, 1922-, Jemez, embroidery worker, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Ann Dailey, Laguna, dancer, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

Elizabeth Fox, Laguna, dancer, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

Chris Luther, Laguna, dancer, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

Donald Montoya, Laguna, discussant, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

Gerald Pedro, Laguna, dancer, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

Patricia Pino, Laguna, dancer, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

David Ruben, Laguna, singer, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

Ada Bluehouse, Navajo, weaver, Window Rock, Arizona

Amos Johnson, 1913-2001, Navajo, silversmith, Ganado, Arizona

Lolita Manuel, 1910-2003, Papago, basket maker, Sells, Arizona

Naoma White, Pima, basket maker

Teresita Naranjo, 1919-1999, Santa Clara Pueblo, potter

Crucita Cate, 1916-1990, Santo Domingo Pueblo, turquoise worker, Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico

Paul Bernal, Taos Pueblo, discussant

Josephine Reyna, 1925-, Taos Pueblo, rabbit fur blanket maker, Taos, New Mexico

Priscilla Besselente, 1952-, Zuni, dancer

Jordon Hattie, 1951-, Zuni, singer, Zuni, New Mexico

Kathline Hattie, 1953-, Zuni, dancer, Zuni, New Mexico

Randolph Lalio, 1952-, Zuni, dancer, Zuni, New Mexico

Robert Tsabetsaye, 1920-1980, Zuni, silversmith, Zuni, New Mexico
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1972 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1972, Series 3
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content: Archival materials