First American Art Magazine No. 2, Spring 2014 | Page 11

Billy Luther (Navajo-Hopi-Laguna),
Patrick Makuakane (Native Hawaiian),
Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara
Pueblo), Da-ka-xeen Mehner (TlingitNisga’a), Israel Shotridge (Tlingit),
Brooke Swaney (Blackfeet-Salish), and
David Treuer (Ojibwe).
The Mercado Nacional de Artesanías
Tradicionales de la República Argentina or
MATRA (National Market of Traditional
Crafts from Argentina) created two
national awards for Indigenous
Argentinean artists, the Certificado
Nacional de Artesanías de Pueblos Originarios.

2013 Jackie Autry Purchase Award Winner at the Autry’s American Indian Market: Emil Her Many
Horses (Oglala Lakota), Native American Church Instruments, 2013, peyote-stitched staff,
macaw-feather fan, and gourd, rattle. Image courtesy of the Autry National Center.

include Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne), Jeff
Hargrave (Muscogee Creek), and David
Reynolds (Muscogee Creek).
The Feria de Artesania Indígena,
or Indigenous Art Fair, held in late
December in San Lorenzo, Paraguay,
featured works by Indigenous Paraguayan
artists. Established in 1990, the fair is
sponsored in part by the Guido Boggiani
Anthropological, Archaeological and
Ethnographical Museum.
The Roraima Indigenous Fair surpassed
all expectations and closed early when
the entire fair sold out. Held in early
December in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil,
the fair includes Yanomami, Taurepang,
and Wai-Wai artists.
The Natural History Museum of Utah
in Salt Lake City hosted its inaugural
Indian Art Market in mid-October.
Twenty artists participated in the market.

ART SHOWS
Michelle LaVallee (Ojibway) curated
7: Professional Native Indian Artists,
Inc., the first major retrospective of the
“Indian Group of Seven.” The show
opened at the MacKenzie Art Gallery
in Regina, Saskatchewan, in September.
The first incorporated First Nations artist
organization in Canada, the Professional
Native Indian Artists, Inc. included

Alex Janvier (Dene Suline-Saulteaux),
Daphne Odjig (Odawa-Potawatomi),
Joseph Sanchez (Tewa-descent), and the
late Norval Morrisseau (Ojibway), Eddy
Cobiness (Ojibway), Jackson Beardy
(Anishinini), and Carl Ray (Cree).
Featuring 120 artworks, 7 will travel
throughout Canada.

GALLERIES
The Indian Art Center in Los Angeles
remains open, despite ongoing disputes
with its insurance company after a violent
daytime robbery of $150,000’s worth of
Native American art from the gallery.
Located in Studio City, the Indian Art
Center has provided movie and television
set-designers with Native art for over fou