First Peoples’ Marketplace

The First Peoples’ Marketplace will display the work of Montana's finest Native American Indian artists and craftspeople, and include both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions rooted in Native American Indian experience. The gathering will be 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.

The following artists have been invited to show and demonstrate their work in Butte on July 11-13, 2008. Look for their unique creations at the 70th National Folk Festival in Butte this summer.

jerome hugs, jr. Chokers, pow wow drums and sticks, necklaces, warbonnet cases, Elk tooth necklaces, bone feather earrings Crow, Pryor, MT

4thunderwoman Loom and hand-beaded hair barretts, bracelets, hat bands, rattles handmade dolls and walking sticks Little Shell, Helena, MT

lydia hooper Embroidered pow wow shawls, Porcupine quill earrings Gros Ventre, Helena, MT

merle and nicole bigbow Painted shields, drums rattles, antlers, sculpture, war clubs, beadwork, painted feathers, dream catchers, beaded jewelry Chippewa-Cree and Laguna Pueblo, Ronan, MT

allen knows his gun Fine art in oils, acrylic, watercolor, pen, pencil, and mixed media Crow, Billings, MT

sandi s. pointer Acrylic painting, ledger drawings, small sculpture Cherokee, Bozeman, MT

gina vareli Handmade medicine bags Cherokee, Butte, MT

chandler good strike Tanned and painted Buffalo robes, drums, parfleche, shields, bags and cases and objects shaped from Buffalo horn. Gros Ventre, Hays, MT

ronald keith night walker yazzie Sculpture, carvings, flutes, silversmith, lapidary and woven rugs Navajo, Lame Deer, MT

jonathan maxwell beartusk Portrait and ledger art, solar etchings Northern Cheyenne, Crow Agency, MT

robert bigback Pen and pencil art, traditional teepee lamps Northern Cheyenne, Butte, MT

salish silver Jewelry made from silver, turquoise, and other stones. Handmade baskets and other Indian crafts. Flathead - Confederated Salish & Kootenai, Polson, MT

antone lebeau Porcupine quill art on hides, bags and clothing.  Also rattles, war clubs, bow and quivers, lances, antlers and lapidary work. Cheyenne River Sioux, Gettysburg, SD

dg house Oil paintings and wood block prints Cherokee, Bozeman, MT

renegade art Acrylic paintings Blackfeet, East Glacier, MT and Arlee, MT

cree spirit art Pen and pencil art and replicas of native artifacts. Chippewa Cree, Arlee, MT