I am looking at purchasing a Norwall painting of a Indian girl. I will be glad to send some pictures. I need to have an ideal of the value. Thanks Terry

Sorry, but I'm not an appraiser. Good luck on your purchase though.

Raven and Whale necklace, Gerry Marks (Haida)

In 1971, Gerry studied with Freda Diesing in Prince Rupert and attended the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art; he studied under Alfred Joseph. During his time at Gitanmaax (Ksan), Gerry also learned to make his own engraving tools. During his training, he was greatly influenced by Pat Dixon, Francis Williams, Robert Davidson, and Bill Holm. In 1977, Gerry carved a 25-foot totem pole with Francis Williams and helped Robert Davidson carve the Edenshaw Memorial House front, in Masset. That same year he worked with Peter Page at the Treasures of London Master Craftsmen Workshop, in London. Gerry has pieces in the BC Provincial Museum, the National Museum of Ethnology, and Osaka Museum. His first repousse bracelet was purchased by the Canadian government’s Ministry of Indian Affairs. Throughout 2009 and 2010, Gerry was working from Malaysia and Sweden. His carving style is characterized by precise lines and minute detail. Every surface of his pieces are textured and perfectly finished.

Nigit'stil Norbert (Gwich'in)

Distort

Inkjet Print

From the artist

verb pull or twist out of shape: a grimace distorted her fine mouth figurative: give a misleading or false account or impression of...

This series explores how one image can be distorted; how one idea can change and shift so that it is no longer what it originally was but something else completely.

Submerging the image under water and using falling water to distort, contort, and disfigure the image. The original image is distorted over and over again so that many different faces, expressions, and feelings are unveiled. I used the image of a woman wearing a headdress to talk about today's ‘Indian’ craze and appropriation in fashion and culture.

Dan Corley (Cherokee)

Reflection

Barron Jones reports on the state of Indian arts and crafts counterfeiting and the prosecution and conviction of one of many alleged offenders.

Here is Ovilu Tunnillie’s stone carving Ovilu in Bed (TB Patient).

There are few more tragic consequences of contact between Inuit and outsiders than the epidemic of tuberculosis that spread throughout the North in the 1950s and early 1960s. No community was spared. This work deals with Ovilu’s personal experience, as she recalls being strapped to her bed in the hospital ward, poignantly conveying the confusion and terror that many Inuit patients experienced.

In 1955, Ovilu was taken south for treatment on the federal government’s supply ship, the C.D. Howe, for the first time. She spent the next four years in sanatoria in southern Canada. When she finally returned home she had a hard time adjusting because she couldn’t understand the Inuit ways or language. She said: “It was like I had just met my family for the first time.”

Many Inuit of the eastern Arctic were sent to Mountain Sanatorium in Hamilton, Ontario; in 1956 there were 332 Inuit patients there. Many never returned home, and in 1995 a memorial was erected in the Woodland Cemetery in Hamilton to commemorate the Inuit who died at the sanatorium and were buried anonymously there.

bracelet with coral, Pat Pruitt (Laguna Pueblo, Chirachaua Apache)

beaded oyster basket & pin set, CJ Beadwork

Chuck Ya'Ya Heit (Gitxsan)

Telephone Box

birch, mahogany, ebony, bird's eye maple, curly maple, abalone, argillite, brass, telephone

Spawning Salmon, Jody Broomfield (Squamish)

Having the ability to create lives in all of us- Our people have been creating for centuries. Maybe wasn’t called “Art" back then but rather “Style"- it was still a creative reflection of how to manipulate mediums to exemplify how we showcase our identity among our family, our tribe, our people… Beautifully and Boldly. It’s just been in recent years that we have taken our handed down techniques and used them to create “ART". A sort of time stamp on a never ending time line of American Indian FASHION- where it’s been, is, and will carry on. I’m Proud to be apart of a time of creation for our American Indian people. In 20 years when they look back on what was American Indian made in 2013, I will proudly stand by my creations and explain why I made what I did with my own two hands. Everything I make has a purpose in my life- not for profit or fame- but representation of who I am and where I come from.

Ma.Ria A. Bird of Mea B’Fly Designs (Hopi, Navajo)

Cicero August (Coast Salish)

Pacific Salmon Wall Plaque

2008

Stan Natchez (Shoshone/Paiute)

Plenty Coup on Deutsche Marks

mixed media

parfleche-inspired clutch, Jamie Okuma (Luiseño, Shoshone-Bannock)

Northern women sewing for North American moccasin project: 600 moccasin tops being sewn in memory of missing, murdered indigenous women

Women from across the North are stitching up a storm to prepare for a massive art project. They are part of a group that’s making more than 600 pairs of moccasin tops in memory of Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women. The beaded works will be displayed as part of a travelling art installation project called Walking with our Sisters. Each pair of moccasins symbolizes the unfinished life of a missing or murdered woman.

Métis artist Christi Belcourt started the project. She said so far, more than 200 pairs have come in. “I’m always emotionally moved when a new pair comes in because I realize that one pair represents a women or a girl,” said Belcourt. “People are really putting their love in the work. You can feel it when you hold it in your hand.” The moccasin tops will be shown in a winding path on gallery floors. The first exhibition of the moccasin tops will open in Haida Gwaii in B.C. on Aug. 20.

America Meredeth (Swedish/Cherokee)

Current

Acrylic on steel

New design drop on the online store!! “Butterfly Woman” comes in a navy men’s tee along with a women’s black Vneck tee. Sizes are limited, I hope I can ship to you 😄👍 www.oxdx.storenvy.com #native #powwow #art #streetwear #summer #nativeamerican #screenprinting