Selected
Pictures from...
- Native Women of Hope Across America -
A
combination of photographs from Native Women of Hope and
PATHMAKERS: North Carolina Native American Women of Distinction
Opening Reception Held Sunday, September 15, 2002 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
at
the Guilford Native American Association Art Gallery
200 North Davie Street, Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina
Exhibit
Viewing Dates...
Sept. 15 - Nov. 30, 2002
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The Native Women of Hope were selected
by a panel of Native American scholars and community people for their courage,
compassion, and contributions as Native American people. This photography
series provides a unique insight into women who have played major roles in
bringing about social and political change in government and law, in literature,
the arts, and in medicine and science. Their commonalties include an unwavering
commitment and dedication to the struggle of their people to survive and flourish
as distinct cultures. Their commitment and determination will inspire you
to rethink the meaning of success.
Photographed by Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie ( Seminole/Muscogee/Dine'). Tsinhnahjinnie spent a year traveling across the country learning about the lives of the women featured in the Women of Hope series. A professional photographer and graphics designer since 1980, she is known for her political commentary on Native issues. She exhibits nationally and internationally. Atlatl, Inc. is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it is a National Service Organization for Native American Arts, and is the curator and owner of this exhibition.
PATHMAKERS: North Carolina Native American Women of Distinction
Pathmakers: North Carolina Native American Women of Distinction is a photographic tribute to 25 Indian women, either residing in or natives of the state of North Carolina, who have made significant contributions in areas of education, community, church, family, medicine, law and other fields. Selection was based solely on "contribution to community." The tenacious leadership exhibited by each of the women gives a clue to the title: Pathmakers.
As pioneers, they have steadfastly fought to protect their culture, teach the children, care for the elders, and sing the songs. In the midst of the struggle for survival, they have continued to sustain through contributions to their Native communities. Today Native American women exist in a diversity of contexts. The only commonality is that they are Indian women.
Pathmakers exhibit is the first tribute of this scope and importance ever to be paid to a group of Native American women in North Carolina. I am proud, honored and humbled to have the opportunity to play such a major role in this historic happening. Pathmakers… were nominated by their individual tribal communities and selected to appear in this exhibit by a panel of Native artists, arts managers and other tribal leaders throughout the state. Eleven of the 25 Pathmakers were selected to appear in this exhibition, Native Women of Hope Across America. This Exhibition is owned and available for loan to travel to other galleries and museums by Guilford Native American Association, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Native Women of Hope
Idelia Moore - (Nez Perce/ Dine') ~ An advocate for preserving
Native American culture for the youth
Jennifer Bates - (Coastal Miwok) ~ Manages a gallery dedicated to aboriginal
California Arts
Juanita Espinosa - (Devil's Lake Sioux) ~ Director of Native Arts Circle,
Mnpls., MN
Ruby Smith - (Creek) ~ San Francisco Community Member
Shelly Niro - (Mohawk) ~ Aboriginal Photographer/ Canada
Joanne Shenandoah - (Oneida) ~ Singer and Songwriter; in 1994 was named
"Native Musician of the Year"
Winona LaDuke - (Anishinaabe Nation) ~ Activist, Author, and Environmentalist
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith - (Flathead Nation) ~ Painter and Printer;
Artwork Exhibited
Joy Harjo - (Creek Muscogee Nation) ~ Poet and Musician; received the
Delmore Schwartz awards for poetry
Janine Pease-Pretty On Top - (Crow) ~ Educator; 1987 & 1994 Outstanding
Graduate Achievement Award
Lori Arviso-Alvord - (Navajo Nation) ~ The Navajo Nation's first woman
surgeon
Charlotte A. Black Elk- (Oglala Lakota) ~ Scholar of Tradition and
Western Technology
Wilma ManKiller - (Cherokee) ~ First Woman Chief of the Cherokee Nation
of Oklahoma
Carrie and Mary Dann - (Western Shoshone Nation) ~ Indigenous Land
Rights Activists
Muriel Miguel - (Kuna/Rappahannock) ~ Director, Playwright, Dancer,
& Actress
Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele - (Kanaka Maoli) ~ Teacher and Historian
Rosita Worl - (Chilkat Tlingit) ~ Anthropologist
PATHMAKERS: North Carolina Native American Women of Distinction
Mollie Gloyne Bankenship - (Cherokee) ~ The first woman
to be elected to the Eastern Cherokee Tribal Council
Lillie Mae Brewington - (Lumbee) ~ Community Activist
Thelma Hammonds Huggins - (Lumbee) ~ She was given the "N.C. Indian
Elder of the Year Award", in 1989
Eva Chavis Jones - (Lumbee) ~ She offered her home as a refuge for
35 children over a 12 year span
Arlinda F. Locklear - (Lumbee) ~ The first Indian woman to argue before
the U.S. Supreme Court
Jessie Bell Smith Maynor - (Lumbee) ~ Distinguished herself as an educator
and a community leader
Lucy Jane Chavis Oxendine - (Lumbee) ~ Recipient of the John L. Godwin
Community Service Award
Patricia Brewington Richardson - (Coharie) ~ An advocate for cultural
development and achievement
Helen Maynor Schierbeck - (Lumbee) ~ An advocate for community and
socio-economic development
Lula Jane Locklear Smith - (Lumbee) ~ Wake County named her a distinguished
N.C. woman in 1986
Ruth Dial Woods - (Lumbee) ~ The first woman to be elected to the N.C.
University Board of Governors
 Food and Fellowship Just Outside the Gallery at Exhibit Opening |
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