and folklore in many rural regions of Japan note womens sumo as a way to pray for rain.

which sends its recommendations to the NEA chair.My own journey … began in 1942 at the age of 4 when we were put into an incarceration camp in Colorado.

bit and spur maker and silversmith (Lovell.traditional Lakota artist and educator (Omaha.Now I am here thanks to the unconditional support of my family — my late husband.

)Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America.a centuries-old Japanese folk dance rooted in the Buddhist tradition of communal gathering to honor and celebrate the memory of ancestors.

Now to be recognized here in Washington.

Her acceptance speech: Thank you very much to the NEA and to the support of NCTA (National Council for the Traditional Arts) and the Folklife Center for this incredible honor.to denounce the censorship and budget cuts to the NPS as well as to lift up the importance of this history to our communi-ties and our country.

to erase stories that undermine their ideologyto erase stories that undermine their ideology.

The MNHS only came into being after more than three decades of community-led pilgrimages and lobbying by those who had lived behind barbed wireJUNKO YOSHIDAToshio Shiraishi.