The Interior Department’s Indian Arts and Crafts Hoard announced today publication of a new 32-page Source Directory of interest to potential customers for authentic Native American arts and crafts.
The Directory lists 198 businesses which are owned and operated by Native Americans. Located in states from Alaska to Florida, the businesses offer handcrafted products reflecting distinctive Indian and Eskimo creativity. Products listed include jewelry, moccasins, custom-designed dresses and other garments, as well as rugs, quilts, pottery, basketry, metalwork, paintings, carvings and figurines for home decor. Other products include drums, masks, feather headdresses, dolls, and unique items decorated with porcupine quillwork.
Businesses appearing in the Directory are artist and craftsman cooperatives, tribal arts and crafts enterprises, as well as businesses and galleries privately owned and operated by Native American individuals, designer/craftsman artists. Also included are several non-profit organizations working directly with Native American groups to develop products and markets.
Entries in the Directory give names and addresses of the businesses, telephone numbers, business hours, outline major products handled by each business, and indicate if mail orders are accepted.
As most ·of the listed sources maintain retail shops, the Directory also will be of special interest to tourists and travelers throughout the United States. For the traveler’s convenience, businesses are listed alphabetically by state.
Single copies of the Source directory are distributed free upon request to: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U. S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.
