Canray Fontenot, Black Creole Fiddler and National Heritage Fellow, was 76 years old when interviewed by Robert Atkinson in 1994. This is how he describes the interview: “After I had arranged to meet him, it took me a few tries to locate Canray’s cottage off the beaten path in...
They say I was born in Mayfield, a cottage somewhere. I met my grandmother, Dad’s Mamma, I met her about twice in my whole life. I was a little girl and I remember meeting her, and then about when I was 12, an’ my Daddy came back from East...
I don’t remember my grandfather. All I know is what my mother told me. She never had too much to tell, because I don’t think that she really remembered much about him either. One thing she told me, she said, “You see that picture? That’s exactly him, everyday. He...
https://folkways.si.edu/interview-with-nati-cano/latin-world/music/video/smithsonian https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/natividad-cano Natividad Cano, Mexican American Mariachi Musician and National Heritage Fellow, was 61 years old when interviewed by Robert Atkinson in 1994. My birth, the delivery was normal, other than being very poor, in my hometown. There were no stories about when I was born, except that...
https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/eppie-archuleta Eppie Archuleta, Hispanic Weaver and National Heritage Fellow, was 72 years old when interviewed by Robert Atkinson in 1994. My Grandpa was a great weaver. He was one of the first weavers in Chimyon. They were all weavers there and all his kids were weavers and...
Marie McDonald, Hawaiian Lei Maker and National Heritage Fellow, was 68 years old when interviewed by Robert Atkinson in 1994. I was born in Hawaii. I am half Hawaiian. The other half consists of Scotch, Irish and Dutch. My father is from Pennsylvania, but early in his...
https://docarts-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/asset/video/video-000234-1372699750.mp4 Vanessa Paukeigope Morgan, Kiowa Regalia Maker and National Heritage Fellow, was 42 years old when interviewed by Robert Atkinson in 1994. This is his background to the interview: “As I arrived at her home, on the highest spot of the plains surrounding Anadarko, Oklahoma, I knew...
Sister Mildred, Shaker elder and National Heritage Fellow, was 92 years old when interviewed by Ann Waldren in 1989. This is Ann’s background to the interview: “Sister Mildred Barker is the oldest member of the oldest Surviving Shaker communityin the world. The Shakers call it Chosen Land at...
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