As in San Francisco, Native artisans were invited to present in live demonstrations at MoMA during the run of the show. One was the silversmith Dooley Shorty, who would soon achieve fame as the leader of the Navajo “code talkers” during the Second World War. Fred Kabotie, a Hopi sand painter who demonstrated his sacred art form in the museum galleries, later recalled his experience at the exhibition opening—all noise and flashbulbs—and the experience of meeting Mrs. Roosevelt. “She seemed like a wonderful person,” he said. “I wished we could have gotten together for a quiet visit.”34
