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~tnie ~ hand -- band b..a.t -,cl manutacturecl wlth prlcle. TN. nat1ft footwear ... ea.blncecl by the European Influence but no shoe today can match the authentlcit, or beaut, olnatiYe footwear. A belief among the natives is that Mother Earth guides her people throughout the walk of life, 10 do the Indian women of our nation. 'Ibey are re- sponaible tor llllllntatntac traditlona.. 'lbelr reeponslbllity for pre- paring materials t'or NWlneand decoratfnl tribal dress and moccasins is aclmowledled by . the fact that 1be Data Shoe Museum attributes In The Steps of Our Anceston to generatlom of native women.