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Collectors • Dealers • Museums www.atada.org 19th century Mapuche chief’s poncho Andres Moraga Textile Art Zuni warrior John Hill Antique Indian Art Contents ATADA FALL ISSUE 2015 VOL. 25, NO. 3 NEWSA PUBLICATION OF THE ANTIQUE TRIBALARTDEALERS ASSOCIATION President’s Note 5 Editor’s Desk 5 New Member Benefit 6 Honoring the artistic legacy of indigenous people Letter from Mary Hamilton 6 Just Published: Three books from the Museum of New Mexico Press 7 Board Of Directors Book Review: Native Antique American Basketry of Western North America 7 President 2015 Lifetime Award: Dextra Quotskuyva 10 John Molloy Marti Struever talks about Dextra 10 Les Namingha talks about his “Grandma Dec” 12 Vice President ATADA Profile: Rachel Wixom 16 Peter Carl How Do You Know When You’ve Found It? by Ernie Bulow 20 Executive Director, Secretary Minutes of August 16 Santa Fe ATADA Members Meeting 23 Alice Kaufman Film Review by Wilbur Norman: Language Healers 25 Media File 27 Education Committee Chair Arizona’s Tribes: Law Requiring Return of Native Relics Barry Walsh Hasn’t Met Promise 27 Native American Artifacts Sold at Paris Auction Treasurer Despite Opposition 27 Steve Begner New DNA Evidence Show Kennewick Man was Native American 28 At Large ISIS Destroys More Artifacts in Syria and Iraq 28 Mark Blackburn Collector Gives Back Ancient Indian Statue Said to Paul Elmore Have Been Stolen from Temple 29 Elizabeth Evans Merchants in San Francisco Say they are on Right Side Joe Loux of ivory Rules 29 Kim Martindale Native American Artists Display Works in Santa Fe 29 Mike McKissick Limited Housing, Poor Economy, Plagues Reservation 30 Clear Lake Battles Thefts of Native American Treasures 30 Editor Looking Beyond Ethnography 31 Alice Kaufman Directory Updates 33 Design and Production Weston Pritts - www.PrittsDesign.com Like ATADA on Facebook! facebook.com/ATADA.org 42.5 x 21.5 in. Moose hide, quills, wool, rocker stamping on the hem, and naturalCover Photo: dyes. AcquiredCoat, c. 1740. from Cree Taylor or OjibweA. Dale (attrib.),Tribal Arts Ontario and Trotta-Bono or Quebec. SUBSCRIPTION ORDERS/INQUIRES, ADVERTISING, AND ADDRESS CHANGES 415-927-3717 Photo by Addison Doty. © Ralph T. Coe Foundation NA1172 [email protected] Ltd, 2006. www.atada.org/publications.html Policy Statement: ATADA was established in 1988 to represent professional dealers of antique tribal art, to set ethical and professional standards for the trade, and to provide education of the public in the valuable role of tribal art in the wealth of human experience. ATADA members are pledged to act as honest brokers, to guarantee the authenticity of their material, and to provide the buying public with the available information on the age, source, integrity, and collection history of the objects that they sell. Additionally, ATADA sponsors a series of publications and seminars, offers educational grants (through our Foundation), and provides legal advice and insurance to members. ATADA also monitors and publicizes legislative efforts and government regulations concerning trade in tribal art. To attain its objectives, ATADA will actively seek suggestions from other organizations and individuals with similar interests. Foundation is dedicated to expanding education on tribal art, both antique and contemporary,The ATADA Foundation from around is a separate, the world. non-profit 501(c)(3) entity. The ATADA President’s Note Dear fellow ATADA members - As you can see from the minutes of our membership meeting this summer, your organization is going forward on a number of different fronts to further our mutual interests. We will be meeting with a publisher at the end of October to see if we can again have a magazine devoted to Native American art. We are also beginning the process of establishing an on-line show for ATADA members. Other art dealer associations have done this with success. This could be an important development in expanding our collector base. As regular attendees at physical shows and auctions can attest, a great deal of the action has shifted to the Internet. We hope to be able to make the process so hassle-free that even those of us who are less than tech-savvy will be able to participate. Please let us know any ideas you might have regarding this or any of the other initiatives we are launching. John Molloy It was announced in the ATADA August members meeting that I will be retiring as executive director on December 31. I want Editor’s to thank all of you for allowing me to enter your world. You are the most interesting people I have ever met, and I hope to Desk keep seeing you. For instance, I’ll see you at the Marin show, and I can’t wait. Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, Dextra Quotskuyva. PleaseWe are lookdelighted for tributes to feature to her the in second this issue of ATADA’s from Marti 2015 TheStruever ATADA and News from bids her a nephew very, very and fond first farewell pupil, Les to AmericanNamingha. Indian Art Magazine Alice Kaufman great looking images. We look forward to seeing Mary and her German Shepherds after in 40the years future. of important articles and ATADA’s refurbished website is up and running. atada.org is ATADA News (as well as an archive of past issues), plus a Members’ Directory, the Theftwhere Alert you willpage, find appraisal current information, issues of the a calendar, and a link to joining online. www.ATADA.org 5 the name was cool. And all inclusive for a business of our New ATADA Member Benefit type. Sort of an ongoing saga in the biz. 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