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First Americans Festival Marketplace

September 21-26, 2004

Located on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian on Maryland Avenue, between 3rd Street and Independence Avenue, SW, adjacent to the National Mall and the Festival site.

Selected Artisans and Cooperatives

Canada

Tammy Beauvais Designs (Kahnawake Mohawk)
Kahnawake, Quebec
Fashion clothing

Dorothy Grant, Haida Couture Designs
Vancouver, B.C.
Fashion clothing

Carla and Babe Hemlock (Kahnawake Mohawk Nation)
Kahnawake, Quebec
Quilts, shawls, and paintings

David Neel Designs (Kwakiutl)
North Vancouver, BC
Northwest Coast carver and jeweler

Sacred Hoop Trading (Inuit-Northwest Coast Salish)
Inuit masks, art and prints

Authentic Native Crafts: Roger Williams (Ojibwe)
Sarnia, Ontario
Handicrafts including antler carvings, leatherwork, and beadwork

Latin America

Amazon Alliance
Washington, DC
Indigenous art from the Amazon Basin

Fundación Chol-Chol
Temuco, Chile
Mapuche co-operative offering mixed crafts

Asociacion de Artesanos de Acomayo
Brooklyn, New York
An Inka-Quechua co-operative offering pottery, textiles, instruments, and mixed crafts

Felicia Huarsya Villasante
Pund, Peru
A Quechua-Aymara co-operative offering mixed crafts and textiles

Narciza Masaquiza (Ecuador)
A co-operative offering work from the communities of Otavalo, Cayambe, Saquisil, Salasaca, Chibuleo, Quisapincha, Cañaris, Saraguros, Achuaras, Cofanes, and Tsáchilas

United States

Alaska & Pacific Northwest Region

Kusitaan - Harold Campbell (Tlingit)
Eagle River, Alaska
Prints, masks, carvings

Step into the Past with Ka Niek Tlaa - Jeri Nordstrom (Tlingit)
Puyallup, Washington
Button blankets, fashion clothing, doll clothes, cradleboards, and drums

Betty David (Spokane)
Seattle, Washington
Pacific Northwest clothing

California

Wes Crawford (Yurok/Hupa)
Hooda, California
Antler and shell sculptures and carving, as well as jewelry crafted from dentalium and abalone shells

Eva Salazar (Kumeyaay/Southern Diegueño)
Alpine, California
Basketry

Eastern Woodlands Region

Dawn Dark Mountain (Oneida)
Mohona, Wisconsin
Illustration and watercolor

Terrill Kanatires O'Brien (Iroquois)
Annandale, Virginia
Beaded amulet bags

Alyssa Hinton (Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina)
Carrboro, North Carolina
Contemporary mixed media

Great Lakes Region

Indian Paintbrush - Duane & Mary Prescott (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
Madison, Tennesee
Corn Husk dolls, painted items, and Native art prints

Great Plains Region

The Beadin' Path - Mick & Lucy Kjar (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska)
West Fargo, North Dakota
Beaded jewelry and beading supplies

Walter BigBee (Comanche)
Tesuque, New Mexico
Contemporary photography

Blackfeet Heritage Gallery
Browning, Montana
Mixed craft items from Montana tribes

Pretty Voice Hawk - Mitchell Zephier (Lower Brule Lakota)
Rapid City, South Dakota
Lakota-style silver jewelry, beadwork, and mixed media

Northeast Region

Baskets by Tradition - Gerald C. Barnes (Passamaquoddy)
Herndon, Virginia
Basketry

Domingo Talldog Monroe (Narragansett)
Warwick, Rhode Island
Wampum jewelry

Southeast Region

Grant Dial (Lumbee)
Red Springs, North Carolina
Lumbee silversmith

Dan Thompson Shell Carver (Creek-Cherokee)
Muscogee Nation of Florida
Sea shell carving and engraving

Southwest Region

Ignacia Duran (Tewa Pueblo)
Pueblo pottery

Eriacho Arts & Crafts - Tony Eriacho, Jr. (Zuni)
Zuni, New Mexico
A co-operative offering beadwork, jewelry, painting, pottery, sculpture, and wall art

NaNa Ping - Michael D. Garcia (Pascua Yaqui)
Nambe Pueblo, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contemporary inlay jeweler

Duane Maktima (Laguna Pueblo)
Glorieta, New Mexico
Jewelry

Allan & Eleanor McCabe (Navajo)
Navajo jewelry, beadwork, and rugs

Native American Library & Museum Project, Inc. (NALMPI)
A Hopi co-operative offering jewelry, kachinas, pottery, and craft items

Elmer Yungotsuna (Hopi/Tewa)
Taos, New Mexico
Kachinas and other carved items

Atorai man’s feather headdress, Guyana, ca. 1915. (7/4463) , Photo by Ernest Amoroso, NMAI.
Atorai man’s feather headdress, Guyana, ca. 1915. (7/4463)
Photo by Ernest Amoroso, NMAI.
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