that maryk perhaps benson was working on this at the time she was at the alvarado hotel, and we think that because the basket is left unfinished. you can see the foundation fibers, and these would have then trimmed off, but the harvey company like museums like to show work in progress. they like to show the depth of things being made, and so they may have left this unfinished for that reason. things we like to reinforce is that native american art has continued throughout the century, and native arts are really thriving at we are standing in front of a speak actor painting of the grand canyon that was commissioned for this exhibit. although there were transformations in native american art, all of the art forms have really continue to thrive, and you see that in the shops in scottsdale, the heard museum, and other museums in the state of arizona. >> this weekend, we feature the history of scottsdale, arizona with our cox communications cable partners. learn more about scottsdale on r at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. ♪ am the c-s

, but she went on to do -- declaration for the alvarado hotel, but she went on to do the interiornd exterior on a number of holdings, particularly at the grand canyon. the first building she designed for the harvey company was at the grand canyon, and that opened in 1905. in 1914 she designed the lookout. she designed the watchtower in 1933, although many of the hotels don't remain, one is still standing, and the heard museum has mary coulter's design book for la pasada. it shows examples and gives insight to her design and technique. a number of talented native american artists worked for the harvey company at different times. here we have fred, who was a talented painter that studied at the santa fe indian school. mary coulter hired him to paint a mural at the south rim of the canyon in the watchtower, and that was an opportunity to feature his great painting skill. she hired him again in the 1950's to paint murals at the five angels lodge, and they depict native peoples' lives and the tourists who were traveling to the canyon. another way native people could work at the canyon