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Seems as though there's quite a craft fair happening down in Washington Square at the Judson Memorial Church. More info here, but it lasts until December 21st and it's open everyday from 12pm - 8pm. Go get a Kachina doll.
Check out the most valuable appraisal to ever appear on the US version of Antiques Roadshow. It's hand-woven Navajo Ute First Phase wearing blanket that was made for a Chief. The dialogue right after the appraisal goes a little something like this.."I had no idea, it was just laying on the back of a chair.""Well, sir you have a national treasure. A national treasure. When you walked in with this, I just about died. Congratulations."This video is amazing.More on Navajo Chief's blankets here
The only continuously wild bison herd in the United States resides within Yellowstone National Park. Numbering between 3,000 and 3,500, this herd is descended from a remnant population of 23 individual mountain bison that survived the mass slaughter of the 1800s by hiding out in the Pelican Valley of Yellowstone Park. In 1902, a captive herd of 21 Plains bison were introduced to the Lamar Valley and managed as livestock until the 1960s, when a policy of natural regulation was adopted by the park.
...In 1895 the mill was enlarged and converted into a textile mill and in 1896 began making Indian blankets—geometric patterned robes (unfringed blankets) for Indian men and shawls (fringed blankets) for Indian women in the area—the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla tribes. That business eventually failed and the plant stood idle until it was purchased by the Bishop family. When the Bishop family took over the plant they built a new plant with the assistance of the town of Pendleton, which issued bonds for the construction of the plant.The family resumed the production of Indian blankets and introduced new designs, colors, and patterns to their product line. They also changed the construction of the mill's Indian blankets. Prior to 1909 the blankets had round corners. The Bishop blankets featured square corners. Pendleton round corner blankets are highly coveted by vintage Indian blanket collectors. The company expanded their trade from the local Indians to the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni peoples of the American Southwest. The Pendleton blankets were not only basic wearing apparel, but were standards of trading and ceremonial use.
Pendleton OfficialBlankets awaiting transformation into jacketsCowboy & IndianVintage Pendleton on EbayMP3: Dennis Linde - I Don't Want Nobody 'Ceptin You
Pretty sure you've all seen this on PBS.From Amazon:
The Navajo heritage of sacred songs, ceremonies and spoken tradition comes alive as you meet Chauncey and Dorothy Neboyia, grandparents to an extended family of two generations. The Neboyias live by farming and weaving; their home is a native hogan. This acclaimed documentary captures their traditional lifestyles, and features striking photography of Arizona's ancient Anasazi ruins and the spectacular Monument Valley.
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The Caddo Tribe co-owns approximately 487 acres of non-contiguous, federal trust land spread across a three-county area of southwestern Oklahoma; these lands are held jointly with the Delaware and Wichita Tribes. The tribal trust area is characterized by plains and rolling grasslands. The Canadian, Washita and Cache Rivers drain the region. The Caddo Tribal Complex is located in Binger, OK, approximately 21 miles north of Anadarko on U.S. 281. Oklahoma City lies approximately 60 miles east of the tribal headquarters.Way more of it hereMP3: Leonard Cohen - God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot (Thank You Achtung Baby)Youtube: Buffy's version
Oklahoma is home to more Native Americans than any other state. Each year, for the past 23 years, Oklahoma City hosts the Red Earth Festival, where more than 100 tribes come together to celebrate their cultures, dance, art, food, and everything in between. It is the largest Native American gathering in the country. The event took place from June 6th to June 8th this year and, ever since then, we've been waiting to find some pictures to post on Cold Splinters. We wait no longer. Beautiful.William Horncloud - Chiefs Honoring Song (Traditional Lakota Song)
In 1898, Edward S. Curtis was out photographing Mt. Rainier when he met George Bird Grinnell, an expert on Native Americans. Two years later, Grinnell invited Curtis to join an expedition and photograph the Blackfeet Indians in Montana. JP Morgan must have liked what he saw and in 1906, Mr. Morgan offered Curtis 75,000 dollars to produce a 20 volume, 1,500 photograph series of the North American Indian. Curtis wrote in 1907: "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost."PhotosI regard the work you do as one of the most valuable works which any American could now do. - President Theodore Roosevelt in a letter to Edward S. Curtis, December 16, 1905.MP3: Medicine Head - (And The) Pictures In The Sky
