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Awards Ceremony
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”