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Ancient Artways Studio - Nancy Fonicello
Nancy's work has won wide acclaim for its historical accuracy and attention to detail. Examples of her original artwork can be seen in the hands of museums and private collectors around the world. Nancy is also in demand as a consultant, researcher, and as a conservator and restorer of historic ethnographic objects. A photo gallery of her work is available online.
Quality Native American crafts. Beadwork, silverwork, featherwork. Our Indian names are "Huc Xu-nuink" (Hoonch Kanoink), and Chantinazhinga. (Little Bear & Outstanding). Thus the name Little Hoonch.
LCL Beadworks & Design - Specializing in Native American Beaded Jewelry & Crafts
LCL Beadworks & Design is a Blackfeet family owned and operated business in the heart of California's Central Valley specializing in Native American beaded jewelry. We also design and create other Native American crafts, spiritual, dance and home decor items as well as contemporary styles of jewelry.
Marie J. Martin's Crafts
Marie is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, currently lives in Colorado, but gets back home to Oklahoma. frequently. She has 23 years experience in the art of beadwork (has won some awards) and also likes to do ribbonwork, shawls (some very elaborate), jingle dresses, fancy shawl outfits, ribbon shirts, etc. Marie sent us some photos of her shawls in response to our November 2002 eNews & craft focus. She has been kind enough to provide us with additional photos of her beautiful work, with descriptions that would help others with such a project (that can be seen in our Craft Focus on Dance Shawls. Contact info: Marie J.Martin, 540 Fourth St., Penrose, CO 81240. Email Marie
"My name is Mona Soldier Boy. All the outfits on this site are made by me. I am Tohono O'odham and I have been making dance outfits for 15 years. I made my first one for my son Shawn when he decided to start Traditional Dancing. Then I begain making them for my friends and family and pretty soon other people were ordering them from me." Nice website, quite extensive for someone who sells their own crafts! Photo examples of all type outfits offered, which is considerable.
Native American Art and Collectables
A unique array of Indian gifts, collectibles, decorated leather goods, willow dreamcatchers, beaded pipe-hawks, lances, walking sticks, Native American pictures, American Indian weapons and knives. Shirley Dancing Fox and Clayton Three-Feathers are proud of their Native American heritage and express this pride and their love of all things upon this earth in the beautiful pieces being offered here.
Donna is of Cherokee heritage, tracing her family back to 1712. Although she lives in Austrailia, she has close ties with Native Americans in the US. She specializes in dream catchers, mandellas, medicine wheels and other one-of-a-kind items.
Native Expressions - Becky Olvera Schultz
Born in El Paso, Texas, Becky is of mixed blood - Mexican Azteca/Kickapoo from her father and Italian from her mother. Raised in Southern California and currently making her home in Santa Cruz County, California, the Southwest would influence her artistic expression. Her own indigenous bloodline, natural talent, research, and travel experiences have brought about her specific style of artwork.
An award winning artist, her work is represented in galleries in Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. She has participated in many exhibitions, including international and national juried shows. Her masks are in private collections in the U.S. and Europe including Germany, Holland, Norway and Scotland. Take a tour of Becky's web site to view her beautiful work: Museum Quality Native American & Southwest Masks, Serigraphs, Rawhide Shields, Dolls, Giclees, Prints & Gift Shop Items
Native Stylings - Tamara Desautel-Davis
Original contemporary arts & crafts, wood sculptures, decorative sticks and skulls, and other original works of art by T. Desautel-Davis, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
Calgary leather artist Lynne Ellis-Smith creates beautiful custom-designed fashions and accessories. Unique, traditionally styled, hand-beaded clothing and accessories. "For the leather garments, I use excellent quality deer, elk and moose hides. Deer and elk are available in a variety of colours besides the black and gold shown below; moose is only available in gold. Cloth garments are made with all natural fabrics such as cotton, wool, silk and rayon."
This is a very nice website, easy to navigate, and with very attractive photos of her work.Northern Plains Quillwork - Ravenshead Tiwahe
Using sinew, cotton thread, porcupine quills dyed with old time colors, old Italian beads and earth paints, we recreate designs and artifacts on brain-tanned hides. We help keep alive the unique arts of the Northern Plains Indians. We strictly adhere to the styles, materials and techniques used by the Indian artists of the late 19th century. We learned our skills from traditional Lakota artists in the traditional Lakota ways. Our work can be seen in museums and private collections around the world. Photo galleries show examples of their work.
Quill Boxes by Lorraine Besito (Ojibwa - Saugeen Reserve, Ontario)
Lorraine was born on the Parry Is. Reserve and has been doing quillwork since she was a girl. Her mother first taught her the craft and, after many years of study, Lorraine now does quill tufting as well as regular quill work. She collects all her own raw material and her boxes show a great variety of designs including floral, geometric, star and animal patterns. Lorraine and her daughter are the only ones on her reserve who do any type of quill work.
Still Winds Cherokee Enterprises
Yonvnvwodi and Christie are enrolled members of the Southern Cherokee Nation and currently live on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Rosebud, SD. They have been making authentic Native American Crafts for many years, offering them on their website. Each piece is a unique creation, so you can be assured that your order will be one-of-a-kind.
We are a custom clothing company that has been creating hand sewn specialty garments and moccasins using buckskin - i.e. deer and elk hide, for over 28 years. We are also SparrowHawk Publishing - producers of original Moccasin Patterns and a buckskin sewing manual, Buckskin Basics & Workbook. The owner, SparrowHawk, has been teaching for many of those years while active at Pow Wow, Black Powder and Medieval events. Cherokee, Cree and European decent.
