Kayla Black (Navajo), Mexican Hat, Utah
Raised by her grandmother, Navajo basket weaver Mary Holiday Black, Kayla Black has been involved in the craft of basket making since she was three years old, beginning with the preparation of materials for her grandmother and eventually weaving her own baskets. Now 10 years old, Kayla continues to weave and cultivate her prodigious talent.

Lorraine Black (Navajo), Mexican Hat, Utah
Combining her inventive use of designs and dyes with traditional Navajo weaving styles, Lorraine Black is a weaver of great innovation and creativity. She is a daughter of Mary Holiday Black, from whom she received her training as a Navajo basket weaver at 13 years of age. Lorraine's first-class training and brilliant originality is reflected through her stellar design creations that have earned her first place in the Navajo Show at Flagstaff's Museum of Northern Arizona and an award at the Gallup Ceremonials.

Mary Holiday Black (Navajo), Mexican Hat, Utah
Over the course of her life, Mary Holiday Black has been a pioneer in the revival and preservation of Navajo basket weaving. Trained to weave at the age of 11, she was among the first to incorporate pictorial representations of Navajo belief and culture into baskets, giving birth to the form now known as Navajo "story baskets." In 1995, Mary received the Utah Governor's Folk Art Award; a year later her work was recognized with a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Mary has contributed substantially to the apprenticeship of many current Navajo weavers, including 9 of her 11 children, and her granddaughter, Kayla.

Sally Black (Navajo), Mexican Hat, Utah
Sally Black, the eldest daughter of Mary Holiday Black, is one of the best-known contemporary Navajo basket weavers. Drawn to the craft at the age of eight, Sally has learned many basket designs and specializes in weaving both story baskets as well as traditional ceremonial baskets. Sally's outstanding work has received accolades in Colorado's Indian Spaniard Market; the Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Heard Museum of Phoenix, Arizona.