Native American Art, Crafts Featured At Festival

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NEWS --NEWS --NEWS --NEWS July 17, 1997
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Immediate Release

Native American Art, Crafts Featured At Festival

ONEIDA INDIAN NATION TERRITORY, via Oneida, NY --Authentic,
handmade Oneida and other Native American arts and crafts will abound
at the Nation's First American Cultural Festival, to be held Saturday,
Aug. 9 and Sunday, Aug. 10. Beadwork, paintings, moccasins, bone and
wood sculptures, jewelry, ribbon shirts, pottery, leather work,
ceremonial dolls and dream catchers are but a few of the high quality
Native American items to be featured at the Festival, which will be held
on Nation lands adjacent to New York State Thruway Exit 34 in
Canastota.
Oneida Nation Members, together with members of other Indian
nations from across the country, will be selling their traditional Indian
handmade goods. In all, 44 vendors will be selling crafts. Some are from
Central New York while others are from as far away as Texas, New
Mexico and Washington State.
Among the 16 Oneida Nation Members scheduled to offer
their goods are:
Irene Green (Turtle Clan), of Nedrow, beadwork jewelry.
Debbie Ninham (Turtle Clan), of Oneida, beadwork.

Chip Isaac (Turtle Clan), of Nedrow, sterling silver jewelry.
Ramona Beglen (Wolf Clan), of Virginia, beadwork jewelry.
Laurel Parker (Turtle Clan), of Oneida, traditional clothing to fit
Barbie dolls.
Elwood Webster (Wolf Clan), of Syracuse, accessories for
traditional clothing such as arm bands, leg bands with bells and bone
chokers.
Geraldine Feeley (Wolf Clan), of Munnsville, beadwork and
dolls.
Birdy Lindner (Turtle Clan), of Oneida, paintings.
Melissa McCann (Turtle Clan), of Syracuse, traditional ribbon
shirts for children.
Rita Chrisjohn Benson (Wolf Clan), of Red Hook, bone work,
gustoweh (head pieces) and leather items such as pouches and purses.
Vernon Chrisjohn (Wolf Clan), of Vernon, wood carvings.
Tina Chrisjohn Wyant (Wolf Clan), of Red Hook, bead and
leather work.
David Honyoust (Wolf Clan), of Buskirk, moccasins.
Dianna Dill (Wolf Clan), of Chenango Forks, bone jewelry.
John Webster (Turtle Clan), of Syracuse, wood and bone
carvings.
Karen Halbritter (Wolf Clan), of Canastota, beadwork.
Vendors from other Indian nations, and the works they
will have available, include:
Larch Pagen, a member of the Taino Nation who lives in
Pennsylvania, hand-painted items and dream catchers.
Tammy Tarbell Boehning, a member of the Mohawk Nation who
lives in Nedrow, pottery.

Stonehorse Goeman, a member of the Seneca Nation who lives
in Nedrow, decorative antlers.
Rick Bird, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee from North
Carolina, various arts and crafts.
Caryn Howard, a member of the Traverse Band of Ottawa Indians
who lives in Michigan, coats and jackets made from Pendleton
blankets.
Donald Vann, a member of the Cherokee Nation who lives in
Texas, signed and numbered, limited edition watercolor prints.
Douglas Jones, a member of the Onondaga Nation who lives in
Munnsville, artwork made from bone, antler and deerskins.
Marla Wolfe Miller, a member of the Mohawk Nation who lives in
Syracuse, paintings and beadwork.
Rod Pierce and Kathy Mitchell, members of the Seneca Nation
who live in Salamanca, baskets, wood carvings, cradle boards and
paddles.
Ron Jackson, a member of the Navajo Nation who lives in
Arizona, paintings, sculptures and T-shirts.
Jim Sickles, a member of the Oneida Band of the Thames who
lives in Ontario, Canada, turquoise and silver jewelry.
Duane Prescott, a member of the Hochunk Winnebago Nation
who lives in Tennessee, corn husk dolls, painted eagle feathers,
Cherokee wood sculptures and oil and acrylic paintings.
Alicia Cook, a member of the Onondaga Nation who lives in
Nedrow, beadwork.

Patricia McAllister, a member of the Echota Cherokee Nation who
lives in Arkansas, oil and watercolor limited edition art work.
Donald Sando, a member of the Pueblo Nation who lives in New
Mexico, pottery and hand-carved Kachina ceremonial dolls.
Annette Gath, a member of the Seneca Nation who lives in
Homer, silver jewelry.
Sis Falcone, a member of the Mohawk Nation who lives in
Camillus, Iroquois pottery.
Gloriann Schlicht, a member of the Seneca Nation who lives in
Sylvan Beach, dream catchers, medicine wheels and men's breast
plates.
Michael Garcia, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Nation, silver and
gold jewelry inlaid with turquoise, opals, coral and lapis.
Diane Tiger, a member of the Miccosuhee Nation who lives in
Florida, beadwork and Native American clothing.
Fred and Theresa Rattler, members of the Eastern Band of
Cherokee from North Carolina, embroidered hats, jackets and T-shirts.
Eleanor Edwards, a member of the Mohawk Nation from East
Syracuse, beadwork and ceramics.
Ann Green, a member of the Algonquin Nation who lives in
Lewiston, beadwork and leather work such as medicine bags and
moccasins.
Ann Printup, a member of the Tuscarora Nation who lives in
Sanborn, beadwork.
Russell George, a member of the Onondaga Nation who lives in
Jordan, lacrosse sticks and T-shirts.
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Tom Estama, a member of the Yakima Nation who lives in
Washington State, Native American clothing.
Barbara Smoke, a member of the Mohawk Nation who lives in
Rochester, ribbon shirts, moccasins, dream catchers and bone chokers.
Max Crouse and Trudy Shenandoah, members of the Onondaga
Nation who live in Nedrow, beadwork.
Romaine Mitchell, a member of the Mohawk Nation who lives in
Hogansburg, bustles and head pieces for dancing, and black ash and
sweetgrass baskets.
Lorraine Johnson Gregg, a member of the Anaticoke-Lenape
Nation who lives in New Jersey, beadwork, shawls and dolls.
Christine Queen, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
from North Carolina, sterling silver jewelry, masks, dream catchers
and
chokers.
Aside from the arts and crafts, Festival visitors also will have the
opportunity to see exhibitions of a variety of traditional crafts and
skills.
There also will be traditional Native foods for sale.
Visitors to the Festival will have a choice of four different lots in
which to park. Shuttle buses will run between the lots and the Festival
site every 15 minutes. There will be a minimal charge for parking. Several
civic organizations will oversee the parking and share in proceeds from
minimal parking fees. The parking partnership was initiated by the Nation
as part of its outreach to the community and as a way the region could
benefit from the Nation's presence and activity. Signs will provide
directions to parking lots
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Tickets each day are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors 50 years old
and older and juniors 5-16 years old; children under 5 are free. A
weekend ticket is $8 per person.

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