"[5] The authors also noted that the last section "was based on the same patriotic sentiment that had been prevalent a decade earlier, but was reinforced at this time by the national introspection brought on by the European war.
'"[2] Art historian Bill Anthes writes that "at the museum entrance, mounted at street level and flush with MOMA's modernist facade, the curators installed a thirty-foot contemporary totem pole carved in 1939 by artist John Wallace (Haida)).
"[6] Works by modern Native American artists, Fred Kabotie (Hopi), Harrison Begay (Diné), and Oscar Howe (Dakota) were installed on the first floor of MoMA.
"[2] First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, wrote the introduction to the catalogue: "At this time, when America is reviewing its cultural resources, this book and the exhibit on which it is based open up to us age-old sources of ideas and forms that have never been fully appreciated.
Long before Columbus, tribes now settled in Arizona brought traditions to this country that were formed in Alaska and Canada; Indian traders from the foot of the Rocky Mountains exchanged goods and ideas with the great civilizations two thousand miles south of the Rio Grande.
"[4] The exhibition opening on January 22, 1941[4] was attended by first lady of the United States, Eleanore Roosevelt and various Native artists, including Fred Kabotie.