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:: 1999 NEA National Heritage Fellows
Frisner Augustin
Haitian Drummer
Brooklyn, NY
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Lila Greengrass Blackdeer
Ho-Chunk, Black Ash Basketmaker/Needleworker
BlackRiver Falls, WI
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Shirley Caesar
African-American Gospel Singer
Durham, NC
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Alfredo Campos
Horse-Hair Hitcher
Federal Way, WA
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Mary Louise Defender Wilson
Dakotah-Hidatsa Traditionalist/Storyteller
Shields, ND
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Jimmy "Slyde" Godbolt
Tap Dancer
Hanson, MA
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Ulysses Goode
Western Mono Basketmaker
North Fork, CA
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Bob Holt
Ozark Fiddler
Ava, MO
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Zakir Hussain
North Indian Master Tabla Drummer
San Anselmo, CA
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Elliott "Ellie" Mannette
Steel Pan Builder/Tuner/Player
Morgantown, WV
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Mick Moloney
Irish Musician
Philadelphia, PA
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Eudokia Sorochaniuk
Ukrainian Weaver/Textile Artis
Pennsauken, NJ
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Ralph W. Stanley
Master Boatbuilder
Southwest Harbor, ME
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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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