Zuni Carver Jeff Tsalabutie, in memoriam
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Jeff Tsalabutie, in memoriam
Zuni artist Jeff Tsalabutie died tragically in a truck accident on June 22, 2009, in Arizona. Jeff was one of the premier contemporary fetish carvers from the Zuni Pueblo. He had the rare ability to give a stone carving a personality that would speak to you in volumes. Balancing acts and dancing bears, he had an exceptional talent for revealing the spirit in the stone while giving you a glimpse of his own free spirit and attitude on aesthetic license.
I had known Jeff since the late 90s and for the last few years we had scouted and ran point for each other every February at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, searching for unique stones for carvings. He was intent as an artist to experience new materials and find the best stones for his carvings, always being conscientious towards providing his patrons with quality work and a unique experience that he could share with them. I regret that I will never be able to share that experience with him again.
An Outstanding young man and exceptional artist he will be missed immensely.
Idyllwild Summer Arts Program
Native American Arts Festival, will take place July 12-18
"More than Fry Bread"
Residents audition for role in American Indian movie
Saving Native American languages
Some 40 languages, mainly in California and Oklahoma, where thousands of Indians were forced to relocate as part of the notorious 19th Century Trail of Tears, have fewer than 10 native speakers.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian Awarded Accreditation by the American Association of Museums
Iroquois Indian Museum exhibition “Native Americans in the Performing Arts: From Ballet to Rock and Roll.”
Start Date: March 30, 2009 - End Date: December 31, 2009
Location: Iroquois Indian Museum Howes Cave, N.Y.
Phone: (518) 296-8949
DVD- American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn (2005)
Narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American writer Scott Momaday, "Last Stand at Little Big Horn" is an examination of Custer's last stand from the viewpoints of the Lakota Sioux and the white settlers. The film is a collaboration of Native American novelist James Welch (Winter in the Blood, The Indian Lawyer) and white filmmaker Paul Stekler (Eyes on the Prize).
Order American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn
Recent Books of Interest
''Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest (University of New Mexico Press: 2006). Editors V.B. Price and Baker H. Morrow have assembled 15 essays on the millennium-old Puebloan landscape.
"Being Lakota", Book by Larissa Petrillo
"American Indian Nations: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", Book by George Horse Capture
Spokane artist George Flett, well kown for his depictions of ledger art, announcing forthcoming book "The Ledger Art of George Flett"
Po'pay, Leader of the First American Revolution, Clear Light Publishing, 2006, new book by Herman Agoyo (Ohkay Owingeh)
Zuni fetish updates from Amerindian Arts
- Stewart Quandelacy, 4-6-2009, rare turtle carving
- Chad Quandelacy, 4-4-2009, corn maiden pendants
- Stewart Quandelacy, 4-4-2009, long necks and medicine bear pendants
- Jeff Tsalabutie, 3-25-2009, an elephant, dancing bear, fox, frog, and a squirrel
- Todd Westika, 3-23-2009, buffaloes, bears, and a bobcat
- Stewart Quandelacy, 3-23-2009, various carvings
- Chad Quandelacy, 3-23-2009, turquoise corn maidens
- Stewart Quandelacy, 3-8-2009, various carvings
- Todd Poncho, 2-19-2009, horse carvings
- Albenita Yuni, 2-19-2009, various carvings
- Brion Hattie, 2-17-2009, various carvings
- Burt Awelagte, 2-17-2009, various carvings
- Stuart Quandelacy, 2-17-2009, turquoise corn maidens
- Chad Quandelacy, 2-17-2009, turquoise corn maidens
- Jeff Tsalabutie, 2-15-2009, various carvings
- Stewart Quandelacy, 2-15-2009, Mother of pearl buffaloes
- Ernie Mackel, 2-15-2009, lions, horses, wolves, and geese
- Jayne Quam, 2-13-2009, howling coyotes, various carvings
- Brian Yuni, 2-13-2009, various carvings
- Peter Gasper, 2-13-2009, various carvings
- Lena Boone, 2-13-2009, various carvings
- Faye Quandelacy, 2-13-2009, cornmaidens
- Avery Quandelacy, 2-13-2009, various carvings
- Lynn Quam, 2-13-2009, bears, buffaloes
- Prudentia Quam and Vernon Lunasee, 2-13-2009, lions, bears, and horses
- Claudia Peina, 2-13-2009, corn maidens and bears
- Ricky Laahty, 2-3-2009, frogs
- Ricky Laahty, 2-3-2009, bird fetish pendant
- Andres Quandelacy, 2-3-2009, Zuni horse pendant and lion pendant
- Dee Edaakie, 2-3-2009, ivory stone marble bears, lapis lion
- Stewart Quandelacy and Priscilla Lasiloo, 2-2-2009, Zuni medicine bear fetish pendants and earrings, turquoise horse pendant
- Duane Dishta, 2-2-2009, Kachina paintings
- Albert Eustace, 2-2-2009, bear carvings
- Herbert Him, 2-2-2009, bear and buffalo
- Kateri Sanchez, 2-2-2009, corn maidens
- Todd Westika, 2-2-2009, howling coyotes, bears, wolves
- Todd Westika, 12-29-2008, bears, buffaloes
- Jeff Tsalabutie, 11-28-2008, various carvings
- Priscilla Lasiloo, 11-26-2008, lapis, rhodocrosite bears
- Sandra Quandelacy, 8-31-2008, corn maidens
- Sandra Quandelacy, 8-30-2008, Zuni mother of pearl butterfly maiden fetish pendants
- Prophet's Rock, All new listings for 8-22-2007
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