Faye Lone

Faye Lone

Nation/Clan: Tonawanda Seneca/Hawk
Media: Fabric art, fashion wearable art.

Artist Resume:

In permanent collections of Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, NYS Museum of ART, Eiteljorg Museum, Pequot Museum. showed in Museum of Modern Art. Won at the art shows over past 20 years.

Doctorate in Education.

Artist Statement:

I enjoy watching people UNDERSTAND what is presented. When they are moved by it, inspired by it. As an educator, I want people to see authenticity and our worldview. I tell stories with them, use them to teach. The world needs to see the difference between a typical, safe design and the courage, love and spiritual side of our designs.

Darice Sampson

Darice Sampson

Nation/Clan: Seneca/Snipe
Media: Native clothes and enhanced with beadwork, contemporary woman’s skirts, ribbon shirts with sky domes, canandaiqua treat quilts.

Artist Resume:

I started sweing when I was 13 yrs. old making fancy shawl outfits and took a couple classes in junior high & high school. After school I worked for a couple different designers and learned some of my sewing techiniques from othe dancers and performers. I haven’t really put work in exhibits although many dancers wear my work. Over the 42 years of my sewing, I can finally reaching a skill level that speaks for itself.

Artist Statement:

I make it because I like the creativity and it helps to keep the preservation of native people and their culture alive. I make my pieces with different materials, ribbons and sometimes beads. On personal orders, I like to know a little bit about the person for example – clancolors and what they will be using final piece for/ It is important to me because as our numbers of native people dwindle the importance of our existence is priceless.

                 

Sherri Hopper-Waterman

Sherri Hopper-Waterman


Nation/Clan: Onondaga/Beaver
Media: Clothing, Silver

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Otatdoadah W. Homer

Otatdoadah W. Homer

Native American Herbal Medicine
Nation/Clan: Oneida/Wolf
Media: Herbalist

Artist Resume:

Never underestimate the power of a plant!
Native Americans have always used plants for medicinal purposes. Most of the medicines on the market today have been derived from plants and herbs. Buffalo Spirit Herbal medicines are all natural formulas and remedies designed by Native American herbalist Otatdodah Homer. Each product is prepared with wild crafted, organic herbs. Since 1982 Otatdodah has been making medicines for the public. Growing up on the Onondaga Indian reservation, her grandfather had herbal remedies for many ailmens and taught them to her. Years later, after suffering from multiple ailments due to her lifelong battle with rheumatoid arthritis, Otatdodah decided to go back to these herbal medicines. Honing her craft and specifying medicines for herself, she knew that if the medicines worked for her, they would work for others whom also had these needs. Helping her others was her first intention and Otatdodah is a living testimony to her products.
Products include:
High Blood pressure tincture
Arthritis medicine 100 count capsule
Diabetes formula
Fibromyalgia formula capsules
Immune system booster tincture
Heart medicine 100 count capsules
Menstrual regulator and pain combatant 100 count capsules
Phlebitis formula 100 count capsule
Menopause relief tincture
Vision enhance formual 100 count
Kidney Infection formula
Bone Healer
Anti Stroke tincture
Liver Detoxifier 100 count capsule
Abnormal cell tincture
Anti-parasites tincture
Asthma tincture
Herbal cough syrup
Healing Salve
Comfort Zone
Sleep Aide
Poison Ivy Spray
Herbal Anti-Diarrhea formula
We do not make any therapeutic claims for Dietary Supplements. If rash or reaction occurs discontinue usage.
Phone: (315) 478-7919 or E-mail: llatocha1@gmail.com or visit us on Facebook. Payment by Check or Money Orders accepted. Make payable to Lisa Latocha, 4205 Skenadoa Way, Oneida, NY 13421

Monica M. Antone-Watson

Monica M. Antone-Watson

Nation/Clan: Mohawk /Wolf
Media: Knitting/Crocheting: Blankets/Throws and Shawls; Sewing: No-face dolls, Traditional Haudenosaunee Outfits, Quilting, Baby boards; Basket making; Beadwork: raise and flat

Artist Resume:

Currently working on getting a bachelors in Fiber and Textile Arts, while attending Syracuse University, with a minor in Native American studies and a certificate in Iroquois Linguistics. I have worked with Native American students from Kindergarten up to 12th grade, for 15 years, teaching them about Native culture. We worked on making their own traditional outfits, cornhusk dolls, storytelling, traditional Haudenosaunee games, also taught them awareness and giving them pride in their culture, thereby raising their self-esteem. I have won many ribbons at the New York State Fair Indian Village. My artwork was displayed in the Fenimore Art Museum. I made dance outfits worn in the “The New World” theater production, held at the Flynn Mainstage, Burlington, VT, 2009.

Artist Statement:

I grew up on the Oneida Reservation in Ontario, Canada. My sisters and I lived with my grandparents after my parents passed away in a car accident. My grandmother Betsy taught me basket making, sewing, crocheting, beading, gardening and cooking. She also taught me about our native culture while making whatever project we were working on. I enjoy working with children teaching them about our culture. I currently live on the Oneida Indian Territory in Oneida NY. I have 6 grandchildren that I share and pass on my knowledge with the next generation. My artwork expresses many of the things that I have learned over the years, using traditional Haudenosaunee culture.

 

Beverly Porter

Beverly Porter

Nation/Clan: Tonawanda Seneca/Heron
Media: Iroquois clothing, Iroquois beadwork
My art form includes dressmaking, the old traditional style of clothing, skirts, leggings, shirts and bead work, mostly Iroquois style. I have also created clothing, outfits in the plains style of the Western tribes.

Artist Resume:

My craft education began with my mother, who worked as a seamstress most of her life. I also attended a vocational school with more technical education; pattern drafting, etc. Bead work to me was a natural skill, it is a great form of embellishment to the clothing. I have exhibited at the Seneca Niagara Casino and the Seneca Allegany Casino. I hop to exhibit more of my work in the future.

Artist Statement:

I find great satisfaction in the creative process and following in the footsteps of my ancestors. I feel I must carry on the skill that my relatives taught me as I sat by them at a very young age. After studying and much research in the area of our clothing and bead work decorating, I found my field. I think it is very important that we as craft men and women portray our heritage and traditions as closely as possible.

 

Lawrence K. Huff Jr.

Lawrence K. Huff Jr.

Nation/Clan: Seneca/Cayuga descendant
Media: Gustoweh making

Artist Statement:

I started taking Iroquois Cultural Classes offered by the Seneca Nation Education Department (Horn Rattle, Snowsnake, and Gustoweh class by Mike Snyder). These classes have progressed into my making of Gustoweh’s for all Haudenosaunee. I make the Gustoweh either with 1 ½” Ash Wood Splints which is covered by leather and felt on top then adorned with Eagle, Hawk, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey, and Duck feathers. I also use 1 ½” Strap Leather frame which is darkened with shoe polish with the feather bundles tied to the leather frame. The Gustoweh is also used to identify an individual’s nation. A man who has one Eagle feather pointing skyward is identified as Seneca. Each nation has their own way of identifying each other by their feather position.

While taking the class directed by Mike Snyder I met up with Donald “Flip” White to broaden my Gustoweh creations. I have recently taught a class on how to make a Gustowehs. I have a Gustoweh displaying in the United Nations building. My main goal is to have every boy/man to have his own Gustoweh or be able to teach them the basic of making their own Gustoweh.