The Fifth First Peoples’ Market


The 5th First Peoples’ Market in 2012 will offer the work of fine Native American Indian artists and craftspeople, and will include both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions rooted in Native American Indian experience.

Artists in this market represent some of the finest working today. Some have been recognized nationally for their skill and talent in a variety of beautiful art forms. These have included painting, antler carving, parfleche works, hide paintings, ledger art, star quilting, doll making, jewelry, and many other forms of expression of traditional techniques.

Come see what some of the finest Native American artists from throughout the region have to offer at the 2012 First Peoples' Market July 13-15, 2011in Butte, Montana.

The following are the Native artists who showed their work this past year at the 2011 First People's Art Market:

jesse w. henderson

Historical Paintings

Chippewa Cree, Box Elder, MT

d. hosteen nez

Sand Paintings and Acrylics of Navajo Life

Navajo, Mesa, AZ

terrance guardipee

Ledger art

Blackfeet, Issaquah, WA

algie piapot

Paintings

Chippewa-Cree, Box Elder, MT

annette archdale linder

Traditional Star quilting

Assiniboine, Wolf Point, MT

angela babby

Glass mosaics and giclee prints on canvas

Oglala Sioux, Billings, MT

fernando bernally

Navajo jewelry

Navajo, Santa Fe, NM

dg house

Oil paintings and wood block prints

Cherokee, Bozeman, MT

gordon henry

Pencil, Graphite and Acrylic Paintings

Chippewa Cree, Harlem, MT

ben pease

Acrylic paintings

Northern Cheyenne, Hardin, MT

chandler goodstrike

Parfleche, deer and buffalo hide paintings

Gros Ventre, Hays, MT

valentina lapier

Acrylic Paintings

Blackfeet, East Glacier, MT

sharlene evans

Jewelry made from seed beads, semi-precious gems, sterling silver and other metals.

Northern Cheyenne, Busby, MT

mark silversmith

Watercolors, Oils and Acrylic paintings

Navajo, Farmington, NM

john isaiah pepion

Ledger Art

Blackfeet, Valier, MT

alaina buffalo spirit

Ledger drawings and fine art

Northern Cheyenne, Billings, MT

antone lebeau

Jewelry, Antler carving

Cheyenne River Sioux, Gettysburg, SD

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