# Iva Honyestewa

> Iva Casuse Honwynum is a Hopi/Navajo artist, social activist, and cultural practitioner. A Native American, Honwynum is best known for her woven baskets and figurative sculpture. Honwynum's most important breakthrough was the development of the pootsaya basket, called "a rare innovation in Hopi basketry". She developed the pootsaya during her 2014 residency at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, having been awarded the Eric and Barbara Dookin Artist Fellowship.

*Hopi/Navajo American craftswoman and social activist (born 1964)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1964
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Iva Casuse Honwynum is a Hopi/Navajo artist, social activist, and cultural practitioner. A Native American, Honwynum is best known for her woven baskets and figurative sculpture. Honwynum's most important breakthrough was the development of the pootsaya basket, called "a rare innovation in Hopi basketry". She developed the pootsaya during her 2014 residency at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, having been awarded the Eric and Barbara Dookin Artist Fellowship.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Iva Casuse Honwynum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Casuse_Honwynum)
- [ايڤا هونيستيوا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33977702)

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