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:: 1986 NEA National Heritage Fellows
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
African-American Creole Accordionist
Eunice, LA
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Earnest Bennett
Anglo-American Whittler
Indianapolis, IN
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Helen Cordero
Pueblo Potter
Cochiti, NM
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Sonia Domsch
Czech-American Bobbin Lace Maker
Atwood, KS
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Canray Fontenot
African-American Creole Fiddler
Welsh, LA
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John Jackson
African-American Songster/Guitarist
Fairfax Station, VA
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Peou Khatna
Cambodian Court Dancer/Choreographer
Silver Spring, MD
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Valerio Longoria
Mexican-American Accordionist
San Antonio, TX
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Joyce Doc Tate Nevaquaya
Comanche Flutist
Apache, OK
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Luis Ortega
Hispanic-American Rawhide Worker
Paradise, CA
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Ola Belle Reed
Appalachian Banjo Picker/Singer
Rising Sun, MD
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Jenny Thlunaut
Tlingit Chilkat Blanket Weaver
Haines, AK
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Nimrod Workman
Appalachian Ballad Singer
Mascot, TN/Chattaroy, WV
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In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts established the
NEA National Heritage Awards as a way of honoring American folk artists
for their contributions to our national cultural mosaic. Modelled after
the Japanese "National Living Treasures" concept, the idea began with
Bess Lomax Hawes, then director of the Folk Arts Program.
Profile materials for 1982-2007 courtesy of Documentary Arts. Use of some photographs courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections
NEA Heritage Fellows
1982-2012:
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