Desiree Kane

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Miwok NDN / Walser journalist & documentarian | Find me or my work in: Truthout, Vox, The Guardian, NPR, The LA Times, Scientific American, & more | Bridging Indigenous voices & tech innovation. https://muckrack.com/dbirdy

Signing Document Banning Swastika Symbol
(Original Caption) 2/28/40-Tucson, Arizona: Florence Smiley and Evelyn Yathe, Navajos of Tucson, Arizona are shown signing the imposing parchment document which formally outlawed the Swastika symbol from designs in Indian art, such as basket and blanket weaving. Four tribes, Navajos, Papagos, Apaches and Hopis banned the symbol which was in use by the Indians long before it came to have a sinister significance. The document tells why Indians banned it.