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HOME |
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Welcome to our family of artists |
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Chris Ravenshead: Originally from Belgium,Chris came to South Dakota 20 years ago.He lived on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation for 17 years,
before moving to the Black Hills of South Dakota.
While he lived on the reservation,he spent some time with the youth,learning to ride horse,hunt and Lakota humor.Some elder voiced their opinion and thought
that he should spend more time with Elders.From them,he learned the language, the culture and how to understand their way of life and thinking.
He traveled with Kenneth Young Bear to many pow-wows and ceremonies,
learning to sing the Lakota songs along with their meaning
Throught the elders,he learned the art of Quillwork in the Lakota way,and can say that he own the right to his craftmanship and designs.
He has come to love and respect the Lakota ways and was honored with the Hunka ceremony by his Hunka sister :Evelyn"Sissy"Good House,wife of Cedric Good House,from the Standing Rock reservation.His given Lakota name is;
Tasunke Ska. |
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Myra RAVENSHEAD |
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Born in 1980,in Eagle butte,on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation,Myra RAVENSHEAD learned quillwork and beadwork from her dad ,Chris.
She won several trophies in powwow dancing.
She spends her time doing quillwork and beadwork,when she is not busy taking care of her daughter.
Myra is Miniconjou Lakota. |
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Nita BALD EAGLE |
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Of Cheyenne and Lakota heritage,Nita was born on the Pine-Ridge indian reservation in 1962.She has been studying the old ways of her people,and has been doing a lot of interpretive programs on all the aspects of the woman's role in the Lakota society for indian students and non-indian audiences. |
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She is also an accomplished traditional beadworker,creating some old-time Lakota beadwork with old time color beads and natural sinew threads. |
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Nita believes that to have the right understanding of all the tasks that the Lakota women were able to do on the pre-reservations time,only hands on experience will do.Using the elkhorn scraper to clean a buffalo hide,or the stone cherry pounder,passed down the generations,to make chokecherry patties,using these ancient tools will open a window on the past and bring a deeper understanding of what the life of a Lakota woman was like in the "buffalo days" |
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