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In addition to being a silversmith and a blacksmith, he was also a Medicine Man, Spiritual Leader, Ceremonial Singer, and a Navajo Chief. [2] Sani played an important role in the history of Navajo silversmithing. He is known by many to be the first Navajo silversmith, although his main focus was in blacksmithing; working with iron. [4]
Timothy Bedah (October 4, 1945 – June 18, 2017) was a Navajo American painter and goldsmith born in Tohatchi, New Mexico. [1] He exhibited his work across the United States . Bedah is known for his silver and gold jewelry, including rings, bracelets, and buckles, [ 2 ] for which he won a number of awards.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." [1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a ...
Narciso "Ciso" Platero Abeyta, or Ha So Deh (1918–1998) was a Navajo painter, silversmith and Navajo code talker. He is known for his colorful paintings depicting Navajo life. [1] His work is in the permanent collection of museums including the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. [2]
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, read up on famous Native Americans shaping our culture today, including actors, artists, athletes, and politicians 25 Famous Native Americans to Know ...
Tommy Singer (1940 – May 31, 2014) was a Navajo silversmith who specialized in chip-inlay jewelry. [1] He died in a motorcycle accident on May 31, 2014. [citation needed] His inlaid turquoise, coral, and silver pieces incorporated traditional Navajo designs. Singer gained acclaim as the originator of the chip inlay design which he developed ...
Phillip Sekaquaptewa (May 5, 1948 – January 21, 2003) was a Hopi artist and silversmith in Hopi silver overlay and stone inlay, featuring the lapidary genres of commesso and intarsia. [1] Sekaquaptewa used colorful stones and shell for his Hopi silver overlay , not only plain silver decorated with chisel strokes on black oxide surfaces, a ...
Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, 1932–1996), Flatstyle painter and Native American flautist; Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor; Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor; Robert Redbird (1939–2016), Kiowa painter; Paladine Roye (1946–2001), Ponca painter