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Sweezy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carl Sweezy (1881–1953), American painter * J. R. Sweezy (born 1989), American football player * Nancy Sweezy (1921–2010), American artist, author, folklorist, advocate, scholar, and preservationist *Paul Sweezy Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 – February 27, 2004) was a Marxist economist, political activist, publisher, and founding editor of the long-running magazine ''Monthly Review''. He is best remembered for his contributions to economic theory ...

Carl Sweezy
Carl Sweezy (1881–1953) was a Southern Arapaho painter from Oklahoma.Gettys, MarshallSweezy, Carl (1881-1953). ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' (15 Nov 2009) He painted individual portraits, but was best known for his portrayals of ceremonies and dances.Wyckoff, 243-244 Background Carl Sweezy was born in 1881 near the Darlington Agency on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation in Indian Territory. His Arapaho name was Wattan, meaning "Black." Sweezy's father was Hinan Ba Seth, meaning "Big Man." His tribe still hunted buffalo when he was a child.Wyckoff, 23 Sweezy's mother died early, so he lived full-time at the Mennonite Mission School at Darlington Agency. He later attended the Mennonite Boarding School of Halstead, Kansas, Carlisle Indian Boarding School in Pennsylvania, Daniel C. Swan, 72 and Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, north of Ponca City, Oklahoma. For a season Sweezy was a professional baseball player, and lat ...
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Nancy Sweezy
Nancy Sweezy (October 14, 1921 – February 6, 2010) was an American artist, author, folklorist, advocate, scholar, and preservationist. Known initially for her work as a potter in the 1950s, Sweezy became a scholar of the history and creation of pottery and wrote several authoritative texts and books on U.S. and international folk pottery. She was a major figure in the establishment of markets for folk and traditional crafts. Other major accomplishments in her extensive career included the founding of the crafts organization Country Roads, the revival of North Carolina's historic Jugtown Pottery, and the creation of the Refugee Arts Group in Massachusetts for immigrant folk artists. Her advocacy work also included developing apprenticeship programs. She also was involved with Club 47, a famous performing scene in the American folk music revival. In 2006, she was awarded the Bess Lomax Hawes Award and a National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the ...
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