Some information regarding the artists whose work resides on our web site.

DUGAN AGUILAR

Aguilars tribal affiliation is Maidu/Pit River/Paiute. He is a photographer who is still using film and developing in a darkroom. He occassionally uses his digital camera although he is most comfortable shooting in the "tradional" way.

GERALD BEGAY

Begay is a member of the Navajo. He resides in New Mexico with his wife and two children.

CROWHEART

Crowheart comes to us from the Comanche tribe (Peneteska Honeyeater Clan) though he currently resides with the Chumash people of California; he married a Chumash woman. He learned to make the Wan-sak by trial and error, noting the most important aspect is the drying process and when to split the wood, always accompanied with prayer of course. These musical instruments are made with the offering of tobacco when they are harvested, the context that surrounds the maker identifys the Wan-sak as a sacred object.

THOMAS R.D. GERVAIS

Gervais walks the land adjacent to Glacier National Park each spring in search of antler offerings deposited the previous season by both moose and deer. From these, Gervais creates sculpture; some are delicately balanced and nested in antler or mounted on carved wood while still others are wall hangings. Each work is infused with a "motion" characteristic of the portrayed subject. All are either carved or etched with eagle or bear effigies, animals highly revered in Blackfeet culture.

ERNEST MARCEAU, JR.

Marceau grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. His work is largely influenced by Montana's commanding landscape and his native culture. Marceau's paintings and drawings promote nostalgia for a previous era where warriors, and their families, naturally roamed the Plains. There is a sense of illusion in his work, caused by his use (or misuse) of line and color. His particular application of line invites the viewer to "look and travel in to the painting", wherein the viewer can sense the presence of the Spirit World. Among other venues, Marceau has exhibited at the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana.

ONE with FEATHER SLEEPING

One with Feather Sleeping's common name is Robbi Borjeson and she is a medical doctor. Her journey has been one of a full circle as she migrated away from the world of conventional medicine to natural healing practices. It was the teachings of the "sacred circle" that guided her to recall the heart of her true being as her ancestors have been healers for "hundreds of years." One with Feather Sleeping see's her work, particularly her bracelets, as representations of the "circle of life." A journey can be found in the beading which, by the colors she uses and each individual design/direction, speak of the four directions: Father Sky, Mother Earth, Great Spirit, and yourself, on this journey of life.