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Birmingham Sunlights
A cappella Gospel Group
Birmingham, AL
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Edwin Colón Zayas
Cuatro Player
Aguadilla, PR
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Chitresh Das
Kathak Dancer and Choreographer
San Francisco, CA
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LeRoy Graber
German-Russian Willow Basketmaker
Freeman, SD
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"Queen" Ida Guillory
Zydeco Musician
Daly City, CA
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Dudley Laufman
Dance Caller and Musician
Canterbury, NH
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Amma D. McKen
Yoruba Orisha Singer
Queens, NY
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Joel Nelson
Cowboy Poet
Alpine, TX
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Teri Rofkar
Tlingit Weaver and Basketmaker
Sitka, AK
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Mike Seeger
Musician, Cultural Scholar, and Advocate
Lexington, VA
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Sophiline Cheam Shapiro
Cambodian Classical Dancer and Choreographer
Long Beach, CA
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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. Since its inception,
over 300 artists have received the Heritage Award.
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