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Polelonema stopped painting in the 1970s, and started to focus on Hopi traditions and Hopi cultural arts. In late life, he worked as a song composer of Hopi ceremonial dances, including songs of the Gray Flute society. He taught Hopi weaving in 1971 at Mary
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Cultures: Pueblo Painters in Santa Fe, 1910-1932 : an Exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 23 Through September 30, 1992
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Who Was Who in
American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America
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337:. Arizona Daily Sun. August 13, 1971. p. 18
619:The WPA Guide to New Mexico: The Colorful State
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158:Songòopavi
150:Shongopovi
126:WPA artist
79:Springtime
67:Hopi Tribe
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35:1902-02-21
140:Biography
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