Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists February 21 – May 17, 2020 Checklist Mary Kawennatakie Adams Akwesasne Mohawk, Wolf clan Basket 1985 Sweetgrass 11 x 11.5 inches Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.67A-B Elsie Allen Pomo Miniature Beaded Basket 1980 Sedge root and glass beads (white and navy blue) 0.5 x 1 x 1 inches Courtesy of Susan Billy Apache artist Apache Female doll c. 1890-1910 Wood, glass beads, metal, thread, cloth, hide 15 x 4.5 x 2 inches Denver Museum of Nature & Science, AC.754 Apsáalooke (Crow) artist Apsáalooke (Crow) Dress c. 1930 Cotton, bead, bone, skin, wool, colorant 44 x 53 x 44 inches Denver Art Museum Collection: The L.D. and Ruth Bax Collection, 1985.46 Apsáalooke (Crow) artist Apsáalooke (Crow) Infant boy's coat c. 1890 Buckskin, cloth, glass beads, sinew 18 x 14 x 4 inches Denver Museum of Nature and Science, AC.6073 Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Arapaho artist Arapaho Rawhide envelope c. 1900 Rawhide, pigment 26 x 15.5 x 4 inches Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Keri Ataumbi and Jamie Okuma Keri Ataumbi: Kiowa/Comanche Jamie Okuma: Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock Adornment: Iconic Perceptions 2014 Antique glass, 24-karat electroplated beads, buckskin, 18-karat yellow gold, sterling silver, wampum shell, freshwater pearls, rose and brilliant-cut diamonds and diamond beads, diamond briolettes 16 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 0.5 (necklace) 1 11/16 x 1.5 x 1 7/8 (ring) 2.5 x 0.5 x 7/16 (each) (earrings) Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of funds from The Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Foundation 2014.93.1-3a,b Mary Anne Barkhouse Nimpkish band of Kwakiutl First Nation (Kwakwa̱ ka̱ ʼwakw) Sovereign 2007 Bronze, velvet, beech 37 x 64.75 x 23.75 inches National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2001, 42951 D. Y. Begay Navajo Náhookǫsjí Hai (Winter in the North) / Biboon Giiwedinong (It is Winter in the North) 2018 Wool and natural dyes 31 x 57.5 inches The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Jane and James Emison Endowment for Native American Art 2019.41 Christi Belcourt Michif The Wisdom of the Universe 2014 Acrylic on canvas 71 x 114.5 x 3 3/8 inches framed 67 5/16 x 111 inches unframed Collection Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Purchased with funds donated by Greg Latremoille, 2014, 2014/6 Smithsonian American Art Museum 2 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Rebecca Belmore Anishinaabe Fringe 2007 Transparency in light box (one of an edition of three) 32.75 x 96.25 x 6.5 inches Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of funds from Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr., 2010.56 Susan Billy Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Miniature Beaded Basket 2006 Sedge root and glass beads (green, turquoise, and transparent rose) 0.5 x 1 x 1 inches Courtesy of the artist Susan Billy Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Miniature Feather Basket 1976 Willow, sedge root, pheasant feathers 1.25 x 2.25 x 2.5 inches Courtesy of the artist Julie Buffalohead Ponca The Garden 2017 Acrylic, ink, graphite, chalk pencil, collage on Lokta paper 39 x 86.5 x 2 inches framed 30 x 78.5 inches unframed Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Julie and Babe Davis Acquisition Fund, 2018 Andrea Carlson Ojibwe Sunshine on a Cannibal 2015 Oil, acrylic, ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper 48 x 180 inches Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Granum Fund, 2017.29a-x Smithsonian American Art Museum 3 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Central Yup'ik, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska artist Central Yup'ik, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska Parka 1890-1910 Seal intestine, sinew, walrus fur, aniline dyes, animal hide, polar bear fur, thread 45 x 58 x 4 inches outstretched 64 1/2 x 40 x 25 inches on form Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation, Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, T0763 Kelly Church Ottawa/Pottawatomi Sustaining Traditions- Digital Memories 2018 Black ash, sweetgrass, Rit dye, copper, vial EAB, flash drive with black ash teachings 9.5 x 4.5 inches Courtesy of the artist Angel De Cora Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) The Sick Child 1899 Black-and-white photographic print 9 1/2 x 7 inches closed Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1899 Freda Diesing Haida Mask, Old Woman with Labret 1974 Alderwood, paint, hair, cedar bark, abalone, glass beads, moose hide, bone or plastic 12.25 x 9 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches Courtesy of the Royal BC Museum, RBCM15057 Earth Woman, Mrs. Kipp Mandan Moccasins 1895 Hide, quills, pigment, glass beads, textile 4 x 4 x 10.75 inches Yale Peabody Museum, ANT 001381 Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Isabella Edenshaw with Charles Edenshaw Haida Hat c. 1890 Spruce root and bark, pigment 7 x 17 inches Diane and Kirby McDonald Heid Erdrich Ojibwe, Turtle Mountain It Was Cloudy 2016 Video; running time 2:16 minutes Animated by Jonathan Thunder; translated into Anishinaabemowin by Margaret Noodin. Collection of the artist Rosalie Favell Métis (Cree/English) The Collector/The Artist in Her Museum 2005 Digital print 30 x 30 inches Courtesy of the artist Anita Fields Osage It's in Our DNA, It's Who We Are 2018 Wool, satin, silk, embroidery, beads, clay buttons, top hat, feathers 45 x 58 x 18 inches (coat) 20 x 20 inches (hat) Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Jane and James Emison Endowment for Native American Art 2019.42.1,2 Jody Folwell and Diego Romero Santa Clara Pueblo You Don't Push Bush Clay, paints 24 x 6 inches Collection of Jody Folwell Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Gahano, Caroline Parker Mt. Pleasant Tonawanda Seneca Child's overdress c. 1840 Cotton, glass beads, silk, silver 16 3/8 x 36 inches Arm length: 11.8 inches Center back (collar to bottom): 16.3 inches Cuff to cuff arm span: 36 inches Waist: 48 inches Center front: 15.9 inches Neck circumference: 6.3 inches Lewis Henry Morgan Collection, Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY, RMSC ACC.70.89.60 Gahano, Caroline Parker Mt. Pleasant Tonawanda Seneca Skirt 1849 48.5 x 30 inches Dark blue wool woman's skirt, trimmed with pink and blue silk ribbon and white, pink, blue, and green glass beads along hem and vertical edge; beaded "celestial tree" design in fabric corner New York State Museum, Albany, E-36664 Pat Courtney Gold Wasco Sally Bag, "Honor the 1805 Wasco Weaver" 2003 Hemp, cattail, raffia, dye, dogbane bark 11 3/16 x 10 7/16 x 9.25 inches Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard Art Museum Purchase, 2003 Shan Goshorn Cherokee Elder Trees 2018 Arches watercolor paper splints printed with archival inks, acrylic paint, copper foil (7) 16.25 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches (each) Shan Goshorn Studio Smithsonian American Art Museum 6 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Dorothy Grant with Robert Davidson Dorothy Grant: Haida Robert Davidson: Haida/Tlingit Hummingbird Copper Dress 1989 Wool 42 x 58 inches Denver Art Museum Collection: Native Arts acquisition fund, 2010.490A-C Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty, Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, and Jessa Rae Growing Thunder Dakhóta/Nakoda Give Away Horses (dress and accessories) 2006 Deer hide, glass beads, canvas, thread, leather, moose hide, German silver, porcupine quills, feathers, elk hide, brass bells, ribbon, silk ribbons, brass thimbles 65 7/8 x 28.7 x 43 inches (Dimensions variable) Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution 26/5818-5821 Carla Hemlock Kanienkeháka Walking Through Time 2017 Hand-applied glass beads, wampum shells, and felt appliqués with metal clasps on felt, synthetic silk liner (coat) Hand-applied glass beads and felt appliqués with metal clasps on felt, cotton liner (purse) Hand-applied glass beads and felt appliqués on felt and wool, synthetic silk liner (hat) 42 x 22 x 10 inches; size 10 (coat) 8 11/16 x 5 5/8 x 1 1/8 inches (purse, strap excluded) 5 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (hat) Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, 2017.029a-c Elizabeth Hickox Wiyot Lidded container c. 1924 Twining, porcupine quills 5 x 4 inches Denver Art Museum Collection: Purchase from Grace Nicholson, 1946.388A-B Smithsonian American Art Museum 7 Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists 1/21/2020 – AR Joan Hill Muskogee Creek and Cherokee Women's Voices at the Council 1990 Acrylic on canvas 38.5 x 28.5 inches framed Gift of the artist on behalf of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, 1990. Oklahoma State Art Collection, courtesy of the Oklahoma Arts Council Hupa artist Hupa Dance skirt 1875 Deer hide, glass beads, abalone, maidenhair fern, bear grass, trade beads, cloth ties (added at a later date) 34 H X 35 W X 14 D inches on mount w/ cleat 33 H x 39 W x 5 D inches Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, T0137 Innu (Naskapi) artist Innu (Naskapi) Hunting coat c. 1750 Caribou hide, pigment 53 x 29 x 21 inches on mount Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Robert J.