Arizona Indian Living Treasures Awards

To Honor the Cultures of Arizona Native American Tribes

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Griselda Saufkie

Year: 
1998

Griselda Saufkie, acclaimed Hopi basket weaver and jeweler, is generally acknowledged to be the first female silversmith on the Hopi mesas. Like her husband, she has received the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tribe: 
Hopi
Craft: 
basketmaker
Silversmith

Previous AILTA Recipients

James Peshlakai
2014
Craft: language master, Silversmith, singer
Tribe: Navajo
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