DELPHINE SARAFICIO
Tohono O'odham
    
      My name is Delphine Saraficio and I am from the village of Santa Rosa on the Tohono O'odham Nation. I learned to make baskets from my mother's aunt, the late Molly, when I was six years old. I learned by listening to my great aunt's instructions. I had to learn how to sit still for a number of hours which was very hard for me to do.

     I weave baskets because in my daily life I am running around in different directions and I get the feeling of being lost. Weaving allows me to slow down and focus on going in one direction. I am inspired by the completion of a basket and how the design comes together.

     This gives me the focus of being an O'odham, as my grandmother used to tell me "I'itoi [Elder Brother] gave me this talent for me to use." I now teachingother people from age 3 to adult. I feel their excitement.

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