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:: 2006 NEA National Heritage Fellows

Charles M. Carrillo Santero Santa Fe, NM	Delores Elizabeth Churchill Haida cedar bark weaver Ketchikan, AK	Henry Gray Blues piano player, singer Baton Rouge, LA
Doyle Lawson Gospel and bluegrass singer, arranger, Bandleader Bristol, TN	Esther Martinez Native American storyteller Ohkay Owingeh, NM	Diomedes Matos Puerto Rican luthier Deltona, FL
George Na'ope Kumu Hula (Hula Master) Hilo, HI	Wilho Saari Finnish kantelle player Naselle, WA	Mavis Staples Gospel, rhythm and blues singer Chicago, IL
Nancy Sweezy Folklorist Lexington, MA	Treme Brass Band New Orleans Brass Band New Orleans, LA

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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
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