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Indian Fair Highlights Native American Arts and Culture

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host

Published May 14, 2009 at 5:48 AM PDT

This story was published more than 15 years ago.

The San Diego Museum of Man hosts the 26th Annual Indian Fair featuring Native American artists, musicians, dancers and performers.

Maureen Cavanaugh: Native American artists from San Diego and throughout the Southwest and Alaska will gather this weekend for the annual Indian Fair in Balboa Park. The Fair is hosted by the San Diego Museum of Man and will transform the park's California Plaza into a marketplace of Native American arts and crafts, paintings, beadwork, masks, as well as demonstrations of traditional jewelry and basket-weaving techniques and musical performances.

The 26th Annual Indian Fair is May 16 and 17, 2009, from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the San Diego Museum of Man.

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Guests

Cynthia Dillon Eischen, director of interpretation and education for the San Diego Museum of Man.

George "Shukata" Willis, Native American jewelry maker who lives in Carlsbad.

Steve Holmes, aka "Dawn Greeter," Native American flute player from the Los Angeles area.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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