The Montana Arts Market and The First Peoples’ Market
First Peoples’ Market
The First Peoples’ Market offers the work of Montana's finest Native American Indian artists and craftspeople, and includes both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions rooted in Native American Indian experience. The First Peoples’ Market is a unique feature of the National Folk Festival in Montana that is made possible by a generous sponsorship by Seacast, Inc., a Seattle-based corporation with deep Butte roots.
Here are the artists who participated in 2009:
joyce and juanita growing thunderBead and quillwork, dollsAssiniboine-Sioux, North San Juan, CA |
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merle and nicole bigbowPainted objects, beadwork, beaded jewelryChippewa-Cree and Laguna Pueblo, Ronan, MT |
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alaina buffalo spiritLedger drawings and fine artNorthern Cheyenne, Billings, MT |
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algie piapotPaintingsChippewa-Cree, Box Elder, MT |
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annette archdale linderTraditional Star quiltingAssiniboine, Wolf Point, MT |
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angela babbyGlass mosaics and giclee prints on canvasOglala Sioux, Billings, MT |
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monte yellow bird, sr.Paintings and ledger artArikira & Hidatsa, Great Falls, MT |
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dg houseOil paintings and wood block printsCherokee, Bozeman, MT |
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deborah MageeBeadwork and quillworkBlackfeet, Browning, MT |
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leonda fast buffalo horsePorcupine quillworkBlackfeet, Browning, MT |
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shawn running cranePaintings and beadworkBlackfeet, Great Falls, MT |
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antone lebeauPorcupine quillwork, rattles, war clubs, bow and quivers, lances, antlers and lapidary work.Cheyenne River Sioux, Gettysburg, SD |
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frank a. finleyJewelry made from silver, turquoise, and other stones and handmade baskets.Flathead - Confederated Salish & Kootenai, Polson, MT |
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forest crossbear jonnesTanned and painted hides, beadworkMohawk and Lakota, Shawmut, MT |
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valentina lapierAcrylic paintingsBlackfeet, East Glacier, MT |
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terrance guardipeeLedger artBlackfeet, Issaquah, WA |
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delia cross childAcrylic PaintingsBlood-Blackfoot,Standoff, Alberta, Canada |
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shawn collinsTanned and beaded traditional apparelShoshone, Spring Creek, NV |























