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Indigenous Artists of the Americas and Canada

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Naranjo, Martinez, Tafoya, Terekhov and 16 others
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  • Vera of the Corn Clan N. Pooyouma (c.1884 - d.)
    Vera Pooyouma, of the Corn Clan. Mother of Rex Pooyouma Hopi Code Talker. Birth date Unknown She lived to be 105 Was a Basketweaver Hopi Basket weaving- Vera Pooyouma and son Rex Pooyouma mention...
  • Steve Reevis (1962 - 2017)
    Steve Reevis, a Browning native who appeared in dozens of films, has passed away at the age of 56. Among the films he was featured in: "Twins," "Dances with Wolves," "Last of the Dogmen," "Fargo," an...
  • Rebecca Belmore
    Rebecca Belmore is an inter-disciplinary Anishinaabekwe artist noted for politically conscious and socially aware performance and installation work. She has performed and exhibited in Canada and intern...
  • Desideria Sanchez (b. - 1982)
    Desideria Montoya Sanchez, San Ildefonso Pueblo, was a sister of Maria Martinez, along with her siblings Maximiliana, Juanita, and Clara. All of them were potters but were best known for the help they ...
  • Lee Marmon
    Famed photographer (Laguna Pueblo); his "White Man's Moccasins" (1949) became immediately iconic. In 1972, President and Mrs. Nixon commissioned a series of photographs of tribal pottery from him. His ...

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