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Awards Ceremony

2023 Winners

BEADWORK

1st Place
Carolyn Pallett – “Above, Below, and In This Place”

CONTEMPORARY BASKETRY

1st Place
Hattie Lee Mendoza – “Wistful Quest”

Merit
Rose Drake – “Time to Talk Peace”
Kathy VanBuskirk – “Gathering Time”
Michael Dart – “Burdens Are Lifted Away”

TRADITIONAL BASKETRY

1st Place
Ronda Moss – “Layers of Strength”

Merit
Michael Dart – “Mrs. Noisewater’s Hominy Sifter”

CONTEMPORARY POTTERY

1st Place
Troy Jackson – “ᏣᎳᎽ ᎶᏏ (Cherokee Rose)”

TRADITIONAL POTTERY

1st Place
Richard Graham – “Thirsty Frog”

JEWELRY

1st Place
Tiffany Reiter – “ᎾᏰᎯᏯ ᎠᏢᏉᏛ (Native Pride)”

SCULPTURE

1st Place
Charlie Nichols – “Jistu: Sooo…I Stole a Little Fire”

Merit
Karen Berry – “Uktena Rising #4”
D. Corley – “Dressed for War”

TEXTILES

1st Place
Cathy Abercrombie – “Something to Talk About”

Merit
Karen Berry – “Bejeweled”
Cathy Abercrombie – “I Don’t Do Blue”

TRADITIONAL ARTS

1st Place
Richard Fields – “The Trail on the Crooked Road”

VISUAL ARTS

1st Place
Garry Martin – “My Story”

Merit
Kindra Swafford – “Spring Creek Uktena, Cherokee County”
Mark Wolfe – “Archery Practice”
Robin Stockton – “Talking Foxes”
Mary Lupton – “Woodland Keepers”
Jack Test – “Morning Mist”
Hattie Lee Mendoza – “Daring Freedom”
Jerry Sutton – “Witching the Field”

JUDGES CHOICE

Scott Middleton – “River Crossing”
Steven Morales – “The NDN Gaming Necklace”
Michael Dart – “Honeysuckle Root Runner Gathering Basket”
Ron Mitchell – “Up Down and All Around”
Roy Boney, Jr. – “ᏥᏍᏉᏯ ᎠᎴ ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Sparrow and Sequoyah)”

BILL RABBIT LEGACY AWARD

Makiya Deerinwater – “Foot”

BETTY SCRAPER-GARNER ELDER AWARD

Cathy Abercrombie – “I Don’t Do Blue”

EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS

1st Place
Adrienne Keene – “Galohisdi”

2nd Place
Debra Keazer – “Basket of Past Memories”

3rd Place
Sarah Stewart – “ᏧᎾᎴᏴᏗ – Tsunaleyvdi (The Place Where They Print)”

BEST OF SHOW

Carolyn Pallett – “Connected”

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