"The quilts know where they're going to go," she ... From the legacy of Indian boarding schools to the Navajo Long Walk, when people were forcibly removed from their homeland in the 1860s.
A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that's marginalized Indigenous artists.
From the legacy of Indian boarding schools to the Navajo Long Walk, when people were forcibly removed from their homeland in the 1860s. "Every one of us Natives, we're descendants from boarding school ...
The work of Navajo quiltmaker Susan Hudson is sought ... As an adult and a single mother, she made shawls and star quilts and sold them at powwows. HUDSON: When I started making star quilts ...