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All Indian College Fund Blankets are Unnapped
Thinner, Summer Weight

Mother Earth Series

Homage to Spider Woman
R. C. Gormam, artist, Navajo

Wool 82%, Cotton 18%, 64" x 80"
The First of the Mother Earth Series, to honor the women in the artist's life. Based on one of Gorman's original paintings, the blanket's design depicts the Dine legend of the Spider Woman, a deity who possessed supernatural powers and who taught ancestors the art of weaving. Gorman says the blanket celebrates the achievements and contributions of all Dine Women.

Reverse Side

Front Side

$270.00

Curtis Blanket Collection

Designs That Honor Edward S. Curtis'
Century Old Photographs

Navajo Water Blanket

Virgin Wool 64" x 80"
The Navajo Water Blanket incorporates classic Navajo elements. Repeated throughout are graphic lines of the eyedazzler pattern. The central dragonfly, an emblem of water, symbolizes life.

Reverse

$270.00

Hidatsa Earth Blanket

Virgin Wool 64" x 80"
From an Edward S. Curtis photograph of 1908, the Hidatsa Earth Blanket embodies the elements of earth and sky. The brown triangular step pattern in the center is known as the mountain design, and the geometric patterns across the blanket represent wheat, grass, and seed. Each cross represents the four directions and a star.

Reverse

$ 270.00

Birch Bark According to legend, the great spirit Koluscap gave the birthbark to the Passamaquaddy to help his people . 64"x80 $270.00
Day and Night Robe Arthur Amiotte, Artist, Lakota Sioux This blanket is a version of the traditional Beaded Strip Blanket warn by the Nothern Plains people. The robes were made of bison hides and seams joining the two hides were decorater with a band of beading and quillwork. The beaded strips were later recycled onto wool blankets and secured with lengths of colorful trade cloth - "rainbow sevedge", issued as annuities or treaty payments. The red and blue halves of the design symbolize sacred days and nights, and are still worn on such occasions. 64"x80" $270.00
Tribute to Jack Briggs Lester "Jack" Briggs was a legend. He lived a childhood of institutionalized racism and grew up to be a man whose goal was to build bridges between Indians and non-Indians. He was a student who earned multiple degrees. He was a teacher who helped create the only college in the nation organized as both a state community college and a tribal college. This blanket was created in his honor. Its pattern is based on traditional Ojibwa beadwork. Measures 64" x 80" $270.00

A very special blanket by artist Amado Pena, with a striking new look.

Maaso

Animals are very important to native people everywhere. Maaso is the Yaqui term for deer. It was considered the largest and wisest of all animals, therefore honored by the Yaqui. The maaso was so wise that the Yaqui hunters began to observe and learn from his way of life. Maaso had much to teach them and after many years of hunting the deer, the Yaqui decided that Maaso should live ABOUT THE ARTIST: AMADO PEÑA Yaqui Mexican Artist Amado Peña Jr. captures his vision of the southwest, the people, and their native crafts in his prolific artwork, which ranges from paintings to ceramics. Using a mixture of bold colors, dynamic compositions, and unusual spatial relationships, his work is a “tribute to these Native Americans who survive by living in harmony with an adversarial, untamed environment.” Born and educated in Texas , Amado is a recognized artisan of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. 64" x 80" $270.00

Tribute To My Grandmother Mary Ebbets

"Tribute to My Grandmother Mary Ebbets, Anislaga" was designed by George Hunt, Jr., a renowned woodcarver of the Kwakiutl tribe of Vancouver Island. Mr. Hunt, Jr. dedicated the design to his great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ebbets, or Anislaga. As Tlingit legend has it, Anislaga was the living link between the ancient Tlingit culture and contemporary tribal weaving traditions. In ceremonies the blanket is "danced," bringing to life the story of how Mankind was taught to weave by Raven, Lynx, Sea Monster and Bear; when worn, these sacred images surround the wearer. By investing in The Hope Series, you make it possible for Native Americans to attend a Tribal College. The educational goal of the Tribal Colleges is twofold: to give students the economic tools to survive in modern America, and to ensure survival of their indigenous cultures, of the skill and emotion that make artwork like this possible. Original black & tan colors Measures 64" x 80" RETIRED Limited quantities available $270.00

New! The Student Series

Grandeur
By Student Samson Frank, Dine'

The eagle, a symbol of strength and power, and messenger to the heavens, is a longrevered totem for the Diné. The significance of the eagle inspired student Sampson Frank to design this beautiful blanket, the first in our new Student Series. It features traditional yet unique depictions of the eagle. The step design in the center, influenced by the traditional rugs woven by Sampson's grandmother, is the backdrop for eagle feathers that are used in Diné ceremonies ABOUT THE ARTIST: SAMPSON FRANK | Navajo/Diné Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, New Mexico - Liberal Arts/Health Sciences Born and raised on the Navajo reservation, Sampson is planning to obtain a degree in the health sciences and go into the medical field. He has recently started to seriously pursue “one of his favorite pastimes.” In addition to charcoal and ink, Sampson also does sculpture, multi-media art, and silk screens his own t-shirt designs. 66" x 40" $180.00

Three Corn Maidens
By Student Mary Beth Jiron

The Three Corn Maidens design tells the story of the Pueblo people's belief that just as the sun gives life to the corn, the Corn Maidens bring the power of life to the people. Mary Beth is a student at the Institute of American Indian Arts and she also receives the American Indian College Fund's General Mills scholarship. 66" x 40" $180.00

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Ah-Day Collection of Baby Blankets

Produced exclusively for the American Indian College Fund by Pendleton Woolen Mills, and designed by artist Virginia Stroud, these blankets were inspired by a Plains Indian tradition. New parents place their child’s remaining navel cord inside an amulet shaped like a turtle or a sand lizard. The amulets imitate the turtle‘s hard shell and the sand lizard’s quick movements that will guard the spirit of the child and ensure a long, protected life.

Both Measure 32" x 44"

Daughters of the Earth $90.00

Sons Of The Sky $90.00

The Spirit Series Saddle Blankets

Produced for the American Indian College Fund by Pendleton Woolen Mills
This series depicts tribal legends of how the horse came to American Indian people

The Spirit Series is in saddle blanket size 66" x 40"
All are 82% Wool and 18% Cotton

The Blackfeet Legend of the Horse, by Michael Gray, artist / designer, Blackfeet

"There once was a man who was very fond of a certain buckskin horse. One day war broke out between the Blackfeet and the Sioux and the horse was badly wounded. The man put yellow paint on the horse's wounds and made a smudge of sweet grass, then sang sacred songs and asked the horse to get up. Three times the horse tried to stand, but could not. Finally on the forth try the horse was able to rise, and slowly the man led him home. In gratitude to his faithful and loving master, the buckskin horse gave the man a gift; a tipi decorated with the image of the horse. Not only was it beautiful to behold, but the tipi had special powers and the man became famous ever after for his ability to heal the sick."

Open Edition $180.00

Cheyenne Eagle Blanket

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, United States Senator, Cheyenne

"The Eagle, The Elk and The Warrior. One day, a Cheyenne warrior was out hunting on foot. He came across a dead elk by a stream. Trapped in the elk's antlers was a large eagle. "Free me and I will give you a gift," said the eagle to the warrior. The warrior freed the eagle from the elk's antlers and the eagle said, "On the other side of that hill is my gift to you." And the eagle flew away. The warrior walked to the top of the hill. Below was a beautiful stallion, covered with black and white spots, exactly like the eagle feathers."

Open Edition $180.00

 

$650.00

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