Barbara Chester award 2003


To Clinicians and Healing Practitioners
for their work with
Survivors of Torture


Hopi Indian silver sculpture by Hopi artisan Floyd Lomakuyvaya

Click on photo of silver feather to learn more about its maker and its meaning

The annual award includes a U.S. $10,000 cash prize and a handcrafted Hopi Indian silver sculpture symbolizing healing and freedom from fear of intimidation from any source





The 2006 Barbara Chester Award was presented to Alp Ayan of Izmir, Turkey on Saturday, October 14, 2006 in Tucson, Arizona.

The Award

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Award Date

Selection Process

Award Recipients

The Hopi Foundation

The Endowment Fund

Dr. Barbara Chester

Nomination Forms


The Hopi Foundation