Saturday, April 24, 2010

12:00pm – 1:00pm

World renowned Chippewa artist Sam English will be on hand to sign copies of his biographical pictorial Sam English – The Life, Work and Times of an Artist. 

World renowned Chippewa artist Sam English will be on hand to ign copies of his biographical pictorial Sam English – The Life, ork and Times of an Artist. am English has wanted to put together a coffee table book of his rt for many years and Sam, being the creative artist that he is, anted this book to ―be fun‖ for his readers, something they could njoy looking at as they appreciated his art. In addition to his art, am is well known for his work in the recovery movement and is tireless in spreading the word that addictions can be overcome. That essage is woven beautifully throughout the book which contains loriously reproduced artwork spanning English’s thirty year areer.
 

About the Artist

"It’s been my experience as an urban Indian to experience inter-tribalness through urban areas. I try not to paint one tribe, I’m not into painting one tribe. I see more and more inter-tribalness in Indian country and on reservations because of our young people experiencing the journey outside of Indian country into the world. We should be out into the world. It’s part of the continuation of a sober journey, a responsible journey, going beyond the tragedy of American Indian history, the tragedy of colonization, the tragedy of the onslaught of Christianity, the tragedy of boarding school issues, the tragedy of trying to change who we are."

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Editors Patricia Fogelman Lange and Father Steele will be on hand to sign copies of their book The Indians of Arizona and New Mexico: Nineteenth Century Notes of Archbishop John Baptist Salpointe (Just off the press).

This volume describes the little-known world of John Baptist Salpointe, successor to Archbishop Lamy and the second Archbishop of Santa Fe, who worked among Indian tribes in Arizona and New Mexico during the final years of the frontier, between 1860-1898.  His impressions and knowledge of Indian/White relations over this thirty-plus-year period are described in his vignettes enhanced by the editors’ historical annotations. The book chronicles the growth of this church dignitary from a young French priest into a resourceful man of strong will and determination as he encouraged the expansion of parishes, created religious schools and hospitals, attended Indian ceremonies, and collected tribal statistics, histories and folk tales. This book will have special historical appeal to those readers interested in the frontier, Church philosophy, and Indian Tribes of Arizona and New Mexico.

About the Editors

Patricia Fogelman Lange, a Research Associate at the Laboratory of Anthro-pology Museum of Indian Art and culture, Santa Fe, is the author of Pueblo Pottery figurines: The Expression of Cultural Perceptions in Clay as well as a number of articles on Southwestern art and Culture. Thomas J. Steele, S.J., a professor at Regis University and the University of new Mexico, has been an active researcher of the religious culture of the people of the Southwest and is the author of numerous books on the religious art of New Mexico.

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Author John D. Kennedy will be on hand to sign copies of his book A Good Trade: Three Generations of Life and Trading Around the Indian Capital Gallup, New Mexico

A Good Trade tells the multi-generational story of the Kennedy family and the establishment of their trading post on the Navajo Reservation in 1913 by family patriarch George E. Kennedy. The second generational account is that of John W. Kennedy who took his father’s sense of adventure a step further and lived amongst the Navajo and Zuni peoples. The third account comes from the author himself in a poetic first-person narrative that recounts his life in the business from the age of nine years and deals with the business and personal challenges as the family evolved from trading with wagons and horses to airplanes and computers.

About the Author

A new Mexico native, John D. Kennedy grew up in the Indian trading business beginning in the early forties when his Dad was a trader in Zuni Pueblo. John lived and worked during a great period of southwestern trading as he learned and applied trading principles throughout his life. In 1974, he served as the first President of the Indian Arts and Crafts Association (IACA). He grew up in the trading business went to college and on to corporate American before returning to his passion for trading.

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Photographer Don James will be on hand to sign copies of his photographic journal One Nation, One Year (Just off the press)

One Nation, One Year is a photographic journey that transcends borders, languages, distance, time, and cultural barriers. For one year, Navajo photographer Don James drove from one side of the Navajo Nation to the other documenting arts, traditions, sports, and people. He traveled by dirt road, horseback, on foot – even as a hitchhiker – for more than 10,000 miles and took over 25,000 photographs. The Navajo Nation and its people have been extensively photographed over the last century, but never from the eye of one of its own. Because he’s native and knows the land and people, James embarks on a journey to show the world a different view of his culture, through his eyes and his Nikon lens. His understanding of the Navajo gives us a glimpse at a people previously off-limits to outsiders.

About the Artist

Don James (Navajo) hails from Prewitt, New Mexico. He studied photography at both Arizona State University and the University of new Mexico. He is a photo editor for Albuquerque – The Magazine, the Director of Photography for The Prewitt Company and works as a freelance commercial photographer through his own firm Don James Photography.

3:30pm – 4:00pm

As an added bonus, IACA’s Executive Director Gail Chehak and Jan Halliday will be on hand to sign copies of their out-of-print book Native Peoples of the Northwest: A Traveler’s Guide To Land, Art and Culture.

Native Peoples Of The Northwest: A Traveler's Guide To Land, Art and Culture is a guide the traveler can use to find out how and where to attend a "powwow", buy authentic traditional art, or celebrate with dance. The reader can raft the Trinity River with a member of the Hupa Tribe, buy handmade moccasins at the Shoshone-Bannock trading post, hike old-growth forests on Nuu-chah-nulth land, and eat traditional Native cuisine at Vancouver's Liliget Feast House. Native Peoples Of The Northwest lists more than 1,000 things to see and do with Native American people from all 54 tribes in Western Montana, Idaho, Northern California, Washington, Oregon, and from the major tribes in British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. A unique addition to any Native American studies collection, Native Peoples Of The Northwest is a valued addition to the travel guide shelf as well. Last year, Native Peoples magazine included this book in its review of travel guides, calling it an "Oldie, but Goodie."

About the Author

Gail E. Chehak has worked for several tribal organizations, including the National Congress of American Indians, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. She joined IACA in 2007 where she currently serves as the executive director. Jan Halliday is a freelance writer and contributor to numerous travel guides and publications, including the popular "Best Places" guides published by Sasquatch Books.

                                                                    Sunday, April 25, 2010

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Author Evelina Lucero (Isleta/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) will be on hand to sign copies of her novel Night Sky, Morning Star and Simon J. Ortiz: A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance

Night  Sky, Morning Star

This Circle First Book Award, plunges readers into the hubbub of the Indian arts market and into the grim reality of prison life. Evelina Zuni Lucero introduces us to experiences we may find unfamiliar: diverse Native American traditions, life on a BIA Indian agency compound, the making of an Indian activist. But she also reintroduces us to two things we all live for: the power of story and the power of love. Cecelia Bluespruce is a successful Native American artist, a sculptor and potter of renown. But Cecelia is in the middle of something deeper than an art show, for she has become trapped by dreams and shadows of her past. Night Sky, Morning Star is a story of remembrance and reconciliation in one Native American family separated by time and chance. Troubled by dreams, lies, and denial of the past, Cecelia is guided toward wholeness by family and friends who have their own pasts to confront.

About the Author

Evelina Zuni Lucero is an Isleta/San Juan Pueblo Indian whose short fiction has appeared in Blue Mesa Review, Northeast Indian Quarterly, Returning the Gift, and other periodicals and anthologies. She is currently the chair of the creative writing department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe.

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Shelby J. Tisdale will be on hand to sign copies of her acclaimed pictorial Fine Indian Jewelry of the Southwest – The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection.

Millicent Rogers collected passionately during the late 1940s and early 1950s, when fine Native artwork from the 19th century could still be found. Her outstanding collection of Navajo and Zuni silver and turquoise, Hopi silverwork, and Pueblo stone and shell jewelry is highlighted in this book, whose publication is timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, NM, and the museum's commemorative "The Best of the Southwest" exhibit. Striking examples of contemporary Navajo and Pueblo jewelry along with Rogers's original collection provide a solid overview of Southwest Indian jewelry, from prehistoric times to today.

About the Author:

Shelby Jo-Anne Tisdale (director, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology) is the director of the museum and author of many published articles on Southwest Indian art. She saw the need for a book covering this fine collection in the cultural context of its creators and their jewelry-making techniques and so presents a publication whose uniqueness is augmented by the inclusion of anecdotes and photos of Rogers-oil heiress, art patron, and fashion icon-a woman who triumphed over childhood illness to champion the importance of Native culture.

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Well known, and well loved Pueblo Historian Joe S. Sando will be on hand to sign copies of his books Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History, Pueblo Profiles: Cultural Identity Through Centuries of Change, Po’pay: Leader of the First American Revolution, Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo and Pueblo Recollections(an autobiography).

Po’Pay chronicles the history of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, with commentaries on the historical and cultural importance of these events. Drawing on oral history and their own words, the Pueblo writers discuss the history and importance of Po'pay, the illustrious San Juan Pueblo Indian strategist and warrior who was renowned, respected and revered by their people as a visionary leader. This particular time in New Mexico's history changed the state forever, helping make it the richly multicultural "Land of Enchantment" that it is today. It also demonstrates how the events of the Pueblo Revolt enabled the Pueblos to continue their languages, traditions and religion on essentially the same homelands from ancient times to today. The second part of the book covers the historical making of the seven-foot-tall Tennessee marble statue of Po'pay by Jemez sculptor Cliff Fragua for the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. representing the State of New Mexico.

About the Author:

Joe S. Sando was born into the Sun Clan at Jemez Pueblo and is a former director of the Institute of Pueblo Study and Research at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He taught Pueblo Indian history at the University of New Mexico, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and at U.S. International University. The first chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Housing Authority and the first chairman of the State Judicial Council, Sando currently served on the Statuary Hall Commission and on the board of Americans for Indian Opportunity. Joe S. Sando is the 2005 recipient of the SWAIA Lifetime Achievement Award.

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Photographer Marcia Keegan will be on hand to sign copies of her acclaimed pictorials Mother Earth, Father Sky : Ancient Chants by Pueblo and Navajo Indians of the Southwest, Pueblo People: Ancient Traditions, Modern Lives, Enduring Culture: A Century of Photography of the Southwest Indians, Pueblo Girls: Growing Up in Two Worlds (June 1999), and New Mexico.

For Marcia Keegan, recording the traditional ways of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico has been a life-long commitment. Keegan is the only photographer to date who has been allowed to take pictures in all 19 New Mexico Pueblos. Pueblo People: Ancient Traditions, Modern Lives takes us inside each of these communities and introduces us, in a unique fashion, to the personal dimensions of Indian culture. Including 417 color photographs taken recently and over the past 30 years, as well as personal stories and quotes offered by her Pueblo friends, Keegan's book presents a remarkable portrait of the continuity of families, traditions, and culture. Representing a continuing diary of Keegan's personal relationship with the Pueblos of New Mexico, the book stands as a tribute to the people, their way of life, and the villages in which they have lived for centuries.

About the Author

A native of the Southwest, Marcia Keegan  is the only person who has photographed in all nineteen New Mexico Indian Pueblos. Her work is in the Library of Congress, the White House, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Kansas City Museum, The Philbrook Art Museum in Tulsa, the Albuquerque Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe. Keegan is noted for her Southwestern books, as well as for Ancient Wisdom, Living Tradition, a photographic study of Himalayan culture. Her current project studies the similarities between Tibetan and Native American culture.