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2005 Spirit Artists
[ Community Spirit Awards ] [ CSA Nominations ] [ Artists In Business ] [ Cultural Capital ]
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 Bruce subiyay Miller
(Skokomish)
Shelton, Washington
Basketry, Textile, Carving, Song, Oral Tradition
“What
subiyay has
accomplished on Skokomish has influenced all the tribal communities
throughout Western Washington. From the beginning it has always been
about generosity as Subiyay gives his time freely to advancing the arts
among the Skokomish and other Southern Salish nations.”
Michael Pavel
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Frank "Pipe Woman" Sheridan, Sr.
(Cheyenne / Arapaho)
El Reno, Oklahoma
Rawhide/Beadwork/Oil/Pencil/Mixed Media
"Frank embodies all that is positive,
giving, and culturally rich about the Southern Cheyenne community. I
believe for Frank, his manner of giving, educating, and communicating
through his art is a way of life for him.”
Teri Greeves
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Nora
Marks Dauenhauer
(Tlingit)
Juneau, Alaska
Literature
“Because of her work, we
will now have a written record of our history, both in
English and in Tlingit, as well as a first hand
glimpse into the lives of our elders. I feel that
these publications of hers are a gift to us, as a
community and people.”
Nathan
P. Jackson, Nominator, 2000 CSA Recipient
Book Cover
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Salmon
Egg Puller – $2.15 an hour
You learn to dance with
machines,
keep time with the
header.
Swing your arms,
reach inside the
salmon cavity
with your left hand,
where the head was.
Grab lightly
top of egg sack
With fingers,
pull gently, but
quick.
Reach in immediately
with right hand
for the lower egg
sack.
Pull this gently.
Slide them into a chute
to catch the eggs.
Reach into the next
salmon.
Do this four hours
in the morning
with a fifteen minute
coffee break.
Go home for lunch.
Attend to kids, and
feed them.
Work four hours in
the afternoon
with a fifteen
minute coffee break.
Go home for dinner.
Attend to kids, and feed
them.
Go back for two more
hours,
four more hours.
Reach,
pull gently.
Go home for the day.
Attend to kids who
missed you.
When fingers start
swelling,
soak them in Epson
salts.
If you don’t have
time,
stand under a shower
With your hands up
under the spray.
Get to bed early if
you can.
Next morning, if
your fingers are sore,
start dancing
immediately.
The pain will go
away
after icy fish with eggs.
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Constellation Hangin’
Loose
Extreme anticipation
You are like Love
Medicine to all of us.
All the Tlingits of
southeast Alaska
were as if in a tide
pool,
churning,
when we heard, “The
Hawai’ians are on their way!”
From Ketchikan
we heard work of
you.
From Wrangeil,
Petersburg,
Angoon,
Hoona,
Haines:
all your ports of
call.
When you were
nearing Juneau,
as news of you grew
stronger,
the tide rushed in
full bore,
taking us along
on a current of
“Anxious to See You”
Symptoms of Love
Medicine: smitten
helplessly,
waiting to see you,
anticipation
to da max.
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Genevieve Running Horse Moore
(Sicangu Lakota)|
Parmelee, South Dakota
Tanning, Quilting, Beading, Quillwork
“All of the communities
know Genevieve’s artwork. She takes time to teach beading, quill work,
and making star quilts. She helps all the Elders in the community,
transporting them, and visiting with them about the old ways.”
Ollie
Napesni
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Julia Parker
(Kashia Pomo/Coast
Miwok)
Yosemite, California
Basketry
“Julia goes to extreme to do her job well. She is tireless in her
mission to preserve the tradition of Indian basketry. No one that I
know does more to preserve the traditions of the Yosemite Indians
than does Julia Parker.”
Gene
Rose, Nominator
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