The First Peoples’ Market will offer the work of fine Native American artists and craftspeople and will include both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions rooted in the Native American experience. Artists in this market represent some of the finest working today. Some have been recognized nationally for their skill and talent in a variety of beautiful art forms. These have included painting, antler carving, parfleche works, hide paintings, ledger art, star quilting, doll making, jewelry, and many other forms of expression of traditional techniques. See what some of the finest Native American artists from throughout the region have to show at the Montana Folk Festival.
Carrie Moran McCleary
Little Shell Chippewa
Hardin, MT
Traditional beadwork
Della Bighair Stump
Apsalookee (Crow)
Hardin, MT
Native fashion, beaded jewelry and accessories (earrings, necklaces, hats)
Yolanda OldDwarf
Apsaalooke (Crow)
Billings, MT
Sweet Sage Woman Designs, Apsaalooke designs on contemporary clothing
Harmony Star Straub
Oglala Sioux and Northern Cheyenne
Crawford, NE
Traditional and contemporary Lakota designs, including clothing and ribbon skirts.
Virgelene Raya
Chippewa Cree
Black Eagle, MT
Beadwork and baby moccasins
Carla Linsebigler
Salish, Chippewa Cree
St. Ignatius, MT
Traditional Salish beadwork (Two-needle stitch flat work, lazy stitch, and peyote stitch).
Sharlene Evans
Northern Cheyenne
Busby, MT
Jewelry from seed beads, semi-precious gems, sterling silver and other metals
Linda Pease
Apsalooke (Crow)
Lodgegrass, MT
Visual art to represent scenes of Crow lifeways.
Sharon Byerly
Aleut Yupik
Belfair, WA
Handdrums
DG House
Cherokee
Bozeman, MT
Original fine art paintings and prints.
Shana Yellow Calf
Northern Arapaho, Metis, Chippewa
Gig Harbor, WA
Acrylic paintings
Angela Babby
Lakota Sioux
Billings, MT
Kiln-fired enameled glass mosaics
Miah Chalfant
Northern Cheyenne
Busby, MT
Ledger Art
Josh Marceau
Salish
Charlo, MT
Sterling silver rings with turquoise gemstones in the form of pendants, rings, bracelets, and bolo ties.
Carlin Bear Don’t Walk
Apsaalooke (Crow)
Billings, MT
Original oil paintings on canvas and aluminum panels
Alexandria Portnow
Nooksack
Kingston, WA
Traditional and modern beaded jewelry
Jim Bruce
Yankton Sioux
Mission, SD
Hand drums, jewelry
Edward Lewis III
Pueblo of Acoma
Grants, NM
Acoma traditional and handmade pottery
Linda Monteiro
Chippewa Cree
Portland, OR
Traditional jewelry
Joanne Brings Thunder
Eastern Shoshone
Newtown, ND
Beadwork, jewelry, parfleche, ledger art, textiles
Louis Still Smoking
Blackfeet
Browning, MT
Fine art oil painting, parfleche painting and designs
Moses D. Yellow Robe III
Apsalooke (Crow)/Northern Cheyenne
Missoula, MT
metal sculpture art
Lindy Racine
Blackfeet
Browning, MT
Acrylic paintings
Oral Running Crane
Blackfeet
Browning, MT
Traditional jewelry
Lyle Omeasoo
Blackfeet
Browning, MT
Acrylic paintings, ledger art
Neta Old Elk
Apsaalooke (Crow)
Garryowen, MT
Traditional necklaces and earrings.
