#keri ataumbi

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Indigenous People’s Day 2022

Today we commemorate Indigenous People’s Day with art by Native American Women from Hearts of Our People: Native American Artists. This exhibition catalog was published in Minneapolis in 2019 by the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) in conjunction with the University of Washington Press to accompany the traveling exhibit “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists.” The exhibition catalog was prepared by MIA curator Jill Ahlberg Yohe and Kiowa artist Teri Greeves. 

While the exhibit and its catalog featured art from antiquity through the present, I decided to primarily focus on the work of living artists, with the exception of the marble by Edmonia Lewis. Lewis, born in the mid-19th century to an African-Hatian father and a Black and Mississauga mother, is credited with being the first African American and first Native American to attain international success in the art scene. Trained in and working out of Rome, Lewis incorporated themes of Blackness and Indigeneity into her Neoclassical sculptural work. Whether through the subversion of traditionally European artforms or the reimagining of Indigenous traditions, the contemporary artists featured here alongside Lewis bring the depth of Native visual languages to a wide range of mediums.

Explore the exhibit further through the exhibition page from the Smithsonian American Art Institute, which hosted the exhibit from February 21-March 13, 2020.  

View past Indigenous People’s Day posts here.

Find more posts on Native Americans here. 

-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#Indigenous People's Day #Hearts of Our People #minneapolis institute of art #University of Washington Press #Teri Greeves #jill ahlberg yohe #Edmonia Lewis #Ashley Fairbanks #Joan Hill #Lou-ann Neel #Jamie Okuma #Jody Folwell #C. Maxx Stevens #Christine McHorse #Cara Romero #Keri Ataumbi #Indigenous Artists #Indigenous Art #Indigenous Women #Native American Art #Native American Artists #Native Americans #olivia

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“Seeing my work on the red carpet at Cannes made me feel so proud; It made me feel like the telling of our history will not be squashed. The power of fashion, and the power of art, tells our stories and histories.” - Keri Ataumbi

Cara Jade Myers & JaNae Collins for the red carpet & photocall for the Cannes premiere of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, wearing Jamie Okuma & Ataumbi Metals

#cannes film festival #killers of the flower moon #cara jade myers #janae collins #fashion illustration

[fyeahindigenousfashion]

18k gold wasp earrings with diamonds, Keri Ataumbi (Kiowa)

#keri ataumbi #kiowa #earrings #gold #metalwork #diamond #ndn #indigenous #native american #american indian #plains ndn

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Elephant Intaglio Pendant // keri-ataumbi

#pendant #jewellery #keri-ataumbi #indigenous owned #indigenous made

[mia-africa-americas]

Necklace with pendant, from Pocahontas jewelry set, Keri Ataumbi , metalsmith, 2014, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Art of Africa and the Americas

choker-length necklace with large pearls; three pairs of floral charms with diamond centers--gold exterior and silver interior/backs--flanked by purple and white swirled tube-shaped beads; octagonal pendant with three scallops on top and teardrop-shaped drop below, with multicolored beaded relief portrait of Pocahontas on one side of pendant, pink flower with radiating black lines on tan ground on opposite side; slightly asymmetrical clasp with tiny light purple faceted stones/beads Keri Ataumbi and Jamie Okuma worked collaboratively to bring fellow Native American woman Pocohantas to life. Drawing inspiration from 1616 engravings by Simon van de Passe, and Thomas Sully’s classic 1852 portrait of Pocohantas, Okuma created portraits on buckskin that were then adorned by Ataumbi’s use of precious metals and stones. This beautiful set strengthens the Mia’s collection in many ways, from modern design to traditional Native beadwork. Size: 10 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1/2 in. (26.04 × 3.33 × 1.27 cm) (with clasp closed) 2 3/8 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (6.03 × 3.33 × 0.64 cm) (object part, pendant) Medium: Antique glass, 24 karat electroplated beads, buckskin, 18 karat yellow gold, sterling silver, wampum shell, fresh water pearls, rose and brilliant cut diamonds and diamond beads, diamond briollites

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/120376/

#minneapolisinstituteofart #artsmia #keriataumbi

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[TASK 169: COMANCHE]

In celebration of November being Native American Heritage Month, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 90+ Comanche faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. The Comanche are a Native American and Native Mexican tribe who historically have lived in a region they call “Comancheria”, which encompasses the US states of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The majority of Comanche now live in Oklahoma or Texas. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Raven De La Croix (1947) Comanche / French - actress.

Karita Coffey (1947) Comanche - ceramist.

Yolanda Martinez (1950) Comanche, Apache, Spanish - singer, drummer, composer, and artist.

Gigi Bannister (1960) Comanche / Osage - actress and makeup artist.

Teri Greeves (1970) Comanche, Kiowa / Italian - beadwork artist.

Keri Ataumbi (1971) Comanche, Kiowa / Italian - painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker.

Shiah Luna (1984) Comanche / Mexican - actress.

Amber Stevens / Amber Stevens West (1986) Comanche, African-American / Irish, Norwegian, German, English, Dutch, Scottish, Welsh - actress and model.

Billie D. Merritt (1990) Comanche, Choctaw / African-American - actress.

Janee’ Kassanavoid (1995) Comanche - hammer thrower.

Marla Nauni (?) Comanche, Potawatomi / Seneca - actress, singer, and model.

Bernadette Perez (?) Comanche / Mexican [Purepecha, Spanish, Possibly Other] - actress, director, producer, and storyteller.

Chyna Rose Stevens (?) Comanche, African-American / Irish, Norwegian, German, English, Dutch, Scottish, Welsh - makeup artist.

Nina Hargis (?) Comanche - actress.

Andria Benet (?) Comanche / Coahuiltecan - musician, filmmaker, writer, poet, photographer, and curator.

Veronica Wood (?) Comanche, Kiowa / Irish, German - actress.

Apryl Allen (?) Comanche, Unspecified White - singer-songwriter, composer, playwright, and author.

Cece Meadows (?) Comanche / Yaqui - plus-sized model and makeup artist.

Liv The Artist / Olivia Simone Komahcheet (?) Comanche, Navajo - actress, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and graphic artist.

Juanita Pahdopony (?) Comanche - actress, poet, writer, and artist.

Dana Goodin (?) Comanche - podcast host, fashion designer, and writer.

Jhane Myers (?) Comanche, Blackfoot - actress, producer, dancer, and artist.

Bethany Dupoint (?) Comanche, Kiowa - model.

Ava Battese (?) Comanche, Potawatomi, Pawnee, Seminole - basketball player.

Julianna Brannum (?) Comanche - filmmaker.

Shauna Osborn (?) Comanche, Spanish, German - poet, artist, and wordsmith.

Kimi Greene (?) Comanche, Unspecified White - singer and blogger.

Terry Gomez (?) Comanche - actress, director, and playwright.

Wakeah Jhane (?) Comanche, Blackfoot / Kiowa - artist.

Laurena Killsnight (?) Comanche, Nez Perce - actress, artist, and writer.

Ginny Underwood (?) Comanche, Kiowa - producer and writer.

Jessica Quoetone (?) Comanche, Kiowa - basketball player.

Cynthia Canada (?) Comanche, Kiowa - painter.

Toyacoyah Brown (?) Comanche - writer.

Cynthia Masterson (?) Comanche - artist.

Nahmi Koassechony-Burgess (?) Comanche, Chiricahua Apache - softball player.

J. Nicole Hatfield (?) Comanche, Kiowa - painter.

Blaize Burgess (?) Comanche, Shawnee / African-American - basketball player.

Carmen Selam (?) Comanche, Yakama - artist.

Cynthia Clay (?) Comanche / Unknown - artist.

M:

Rance Hood (1941) Comanche - artist. 

Gil Birmingham (1953) Comanche - actor.

Micki Free (1955) Comanche, Cherokee, Irish - singer-songwriter, guitarist, flutist, and harmonicist.

Raoul Trujillo (1955) Comanche, Tlaxcalan, Metis, Ute, Apache, Pueblo, Andalusian Moor, Sephardi Jewish, French - actor, director, dancer, and choreographer.

Benjamin Dane (1962) Comanche / Blackfoot - actor.

Jonathan Joss (1965) Comanche, Western Apache, Spanish - actor.

Rodrick Pocowatchit (1966) Comanche, Pawnee, Shawnee - actor and filmmaker.

Quanah Parker Burgess (1975) Comanche - artist.

Comanche Boy / George Tahdooahnippah (1978) Comanche, Choctaw - boxer.

Rudy Youngblood (1982) Comanche, Yaqui, Cree - actor, musician, dancer, and artist.

Thundercat / Stephen Lee Bruner (1984) 1/8 Comanche, 7/8 African-American - rapper-songwriter, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and producer.

DJ ELITE (1990) Comanche, French / Irish - DJ, producer, and audio engineer.

Chance Comanche (1996) Comanche, Choctaw, African-American, Irish, Scottish - basketball player.

Phillip Bread (1998) Comanche, Blackfoot / Kiowa - actor and model.

Marco Fuller (?) Comanche, Choctaw, German / Colombian - actor.

Darryl Tonemah (?) Comanche, Kiowa, Tuscarora - actor and singer-songwriter.

Hud Oberly (?) Comanche, Osage, Caddo - actor and filmmaker.

Jason Asenap (?) Comanche / Muskogee - actor, director, and writer.

Duane Loken (?) Comanche - actor and singer.

Cornel Pewewardy (?) Comanche, Kiowa - singer-songwriter and flutist.

Sy Hoahwah (?) Comanche / Southern Arapaho - author and poet.

Randy Granger (?) Comanche, Apache, Mayan, Tequesta, Tłı̨chǫ, Alaskan Athabaskan, Unspecified Non-Native - singer-songwriter and flutist.

Jason Lawton (?) Comanche - actor and producer.

Timothy Tate Nevaquaya (?) Comanche, Yuchi / Chickasaw, Choctaw - flutist and visual artist.

Glass Eden (?) Comanche, Mescalero Apache - singer.

Alan Odinson (?) Comanche - archer.

David Lopezz the Double Letta / David Lopezz (?) Comanche / Raramuri - rapper.

Chief Sonne Reyna (?) Mexican [Comanche, Yaqui, Apache, Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan] - singer and drummer.

King Keeno (?) Comanche - rapper.

Joe Galarza (?) Mexican [Comanche, Possibly Other] - musician, instrument maker, painter, muralist, and sculptor.

Aaron Adson (?) Comanche / Pawnee - singer.

Sunrise Tippeconnie (?) Comanche, Navajo - filmmaker.

Lans Saupitty (?) Comanche - singer.

Tyler Martinez (?) Comanche, Navajo, Chiricahua Apache - actor, stuntman, equestrian, and artist.

Kenneth Cozad (?) Comanche, Kiowa - musician.

Benny Tahmahkera Jr. (?) Comanche - actor.

John Robert Jr. (?) Comanche, Unspecified White - actor.

Robbie Mitchell (?) Comanche, Unspecified Other - model (instagram: nativepapi_47).

GP Handman / Rahim Asad Shakur (?) Comanche, Afro-Jamaican - rapper (instagram: famerica_handman).

Paul Chaat Smith (?) Comanche / Choctaw - author and curator.

Steven A. Flores (?) Comanche / Mexican - actor and artist.

Raymond Love (?) Comanche, Irish - filmmaker.

Arch W. Gibson (?) Comanche - writer. 

Eric Tippeconnic (?) Comanche - painter.

Shinali Robbie R. Daniels (?) Comanche - singer.

Nocona Burgess (?) Comanche - painter.

Phillip Roybal (?) Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo - mixed martial artist.

Larry Hood (?) Comanche - artist. 

Barthell Little Chief (?) Comanche - artist. 

Tim Saupitty (?) Comanche - artist.

NB:

Peshawn Bread (1996) Comanche, Blackfoot / Kiowa - Two-Spirit (They/Them/She) - actor, model, filmmaker, and poet.

Raven Two Feathers (?) Comanche, Cayuga, Cherokee, Seneca - Two-Spirit (They/Them/Their’s) - filmmaker.

Problematic:

Hozhoni Whitecloud (2001) Comanche, Omaha, Otoe, Ho-Chunk, Plains Cree, Lakota Sioux, Menominee, Muskogee, Arikara - model. - Cultural appropriation.

#comanche fc #native fc #poc fc #fc list #rph #task: 169 #task: comanche

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Shadow Spotlight: Native Americans in Fashion

Shadow Spotlight: Native Americans in Fashion

11.19.19

Hello! Hump Day Wednesday has arrived and it’s Shadow Spotlight Week featuring Native Americans. Today we are featuring Native Americans in fashion. While I love to tell who and what they do, I rather let these creatives explain their work themselves…

Bethany Yellowtail

Image source: Today Show

       Keri…

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#Bethany Yellowtail #Evan Ducharme #Fashion #fashion designers #Jamie Okuma #Keri Ataumbi #Native American Heritage Month #November 2019 #Shadow Spotlight Week #slider

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Born on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in the early 1970s, Kiowa sisters Keri Ataumbi and Teri Greeves grew to become innovators in their respective art practices of jewelry-making and beading. The two artists were introduced to traditional Native art at young ages by their mother, Jeri Ah-be-hill, and went on to study at prestigious national institutions and make names for themselves in the Santa Fe art scene and beyond.

#wind river #shoe art

[fyeahindigenousfashion]

dentalium earrings with white & black diamonds, Keri Ataumbi (Kiowa) and Jamie Okuma (Shoshone-Bannock, Luiseño)

#keri ataumbi #jamie okuma #kiowa #shoshone-bannock #sho-ban #luiseno #earrings #silver #metalwork #dentalium #shell #diamond #black diamond #plains ndn #california ndn #great basin

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Ring, from Pocahontas jewelry set, Keri Ataumbi , metalsmith, 2014, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Art of Africa and the Americas

large oval domed portrait of John Smith in multicolored beads; diamonds around rim in two rows; portrait of Pocahontas in multicolored beads on inside; two-part band with pear shaped greyish stone on each side of band and faceted diamond at palm side Keri Ataumbi and Jamie Okuma worked collaboratively to bring fellow Native American woman Pocohantas to life. Drawing inspiration from 1616 engravings by Simon van de Passe, and Thomas Sully’s classic 1852 portrait of Pocohantas, Okuma created portraits on buckskin that were then adorned by Ataumbi’s use of precious metals and stones. This beautiful set strengthens the MIA’s collection in many ways, from modern design to traditional Native beadwork. Size: 1 11/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (4.29 × 3.81 × 4.76 cm) Medium: Antique glass, 24 karat electroplated beads, buckskin, 18 karat yellow gold, sterling silver, wampum shell, fresh water pearls, rose and brilliant cut diamonds and diamond beads, diamond briollites

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/120377/

#minneapolisinstituteofart #artsmia #keriataumbi