Swaia - Indian Market

Stephen Wall is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe/White Earth Reservation. Stephen was born in Roswell, New Mexico and was raised on and near the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in southern New Mexico. After graduating high school he attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Upon completing his B.A. in Anthropology, Stephen attended law school at the University of New Mexico and graduated in 1975. Stephen has worked with the American Indian Law Center as research analyst, worked with the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board as a community development specialist and served as Behavioral Health Coordinator for the Tohono O'odham Health Department in Sells Arizona. In Mescalero, New Mexico, he served for 11 years in the Mescalero Apache Tribal Court as the Prosecutor and Chief Judge. In May of 2006, Stephen was appointed Department Chair for the Indigenous Liberal Studies Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Stephen is also an award winning artist whose work focuses on sculpture and jewelry.

(Ohkay Owingeh)
Sandoval is a regional board member of Face to Face, Chair of Ancient Story Tellers, Vice-Chair of Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority and Vice-Chair of Chant Peyeh, a lending company. She sits on the board of directors of The Wildlife Center in Espanola and is on the Advisory Board of SIA (Comanche Nation Etho Orinthological Initiative). She is also co-owner of Emergence a ropes course company. She holds an Associate's Degree in Fine Arts (where she double majored in both ceramics and photography) from the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Jenny Auger Maw returns to the SWAIA Board with a wealth of corporate and non-profit experience. A native of England, Jenny has lived in Santa Fe for over ten years. A former healthcare executive, Jenny held the position of Senior Vice President, Organization Development with Hillcrest Healthcare System in Tulsa, OK. Jenny holds a Doctor of Education degree from Oklahoma State University. She earned her B.S. and M.A. degrees from the University of Tulsa. An active community volunteer, Jenny has served on local, regional, and national boards. She recently served as President of the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra Board and was Secretary of the Santa Fe Community College Board.

Eicher comes to New Mexico after holding positions as former Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, International Marketing of Clairol, Inc. She now operates her own consulting firm in Santa Fe with a wide range of local and national clients. Eicher holds a master's degree in management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL and a bachelor's of psychology from Wellesley College.

(Navajo)
Bidtah Becker is an attorney with the Navajo Nation Department of Justice Water Rights Unit. She is married to Paul Spruhan and they have two beautiful children, Bahe and Tazbah.

Bernstein comes to SWAIA as former Board of Directors member (1990-1996 and 2002-2007) in addition to his volunteering as judge, evaluator, and receiver at the Santa Fe Indian Market for the past 25 years. He is a curator at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. From 1997 to 2005, Bernstein served as the Assistant Director for Cultural Resources at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Previously he was the Director and Chief Curator at Santa Fe's Museum of Indian Arts and Culture; his directorship oversaw the building and installation of the Bloch Wing and the permanent exhibition, "Here, Now and Always." He has also held positions at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and the University of New Mexico's Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. He has published and curated exhibitions widely on American Indian art. He and his wife, Landis Smith, have two children, Elliot and Isabel.

(Comanche)
Burgess is the great-great grandson of Chief Quanah Parker, and grew up in a family where art surrounded all parts of his life. He holds an Associate of Fine Arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha, OK, where he majored in studio painting and minored in Native American art history. Burgess is a regular participant and award winner at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Eiteljorg Indian Market and Heard Indian Fair. Other recent success includes a piece being chosen to grace the August '06 cover of the Santa Fean magazine. When not painting, he works as the Student Activities Coordinator at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

(Santa Clara Pueblo)
Stephanie Kiger (Santa Clara) is currently the General Counsel for the State of NM Indian Affairs Department (the only cabinet level Indian Affairs department in the country). She coordinates state policy with the 22 NM tribes and represents the state on a wide variety of legal issues related to Indian law. Prior to working for the state, Stephanie was an Associate at Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz, & Yepa in Santa Fe representing tribal clients and tribal organizations on numerous issues. She graduated with a B.A. from The American University in Washington, DC, with an M.A. from the University of Arizona, and graduated law school at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Charles S. King has King Galleries of Scottsdale. He has been a pottery judge at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Indian Market and Fair. He has written articles on pottery for American Indian Art and Native Peoples magazine. His first book, "Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya" was published in 2008 and he is currently working on his second book about potter Tony Da.

(Hopi)
LaRance is an artist, educator and consultant. He currently co-owns and operates Denipah-LaRance Fine Art with his wife, Marian. He has been an instructor at Coconino Community College in Flasgstaff, AZ, and has served on the board of directors of Flagstaff Cultural Partners. He is a current board member with the Arboretum/Transition Zone Horticultural Institute in Flagstaff, AZ. LaRance is from the Moencopi community on the Hopi Reservation, and has shown at the Santa Fe Indian Market and other art shows around the country for several years.

Stephine Poston is the President and CEO of Poston & Associates, LLC, headquartered on Sandia Pueblo Indian Reservation, New Mexico. Stephine has a Master of Arts in organizational management and over fifteen years experience in public and community relations at the tribal, federal, state and local levels. She has worked extensively on legislative issues at the tribal, federal, state and local levels ranging from preparing and delivering testimony to lobbying. In addition, Stephine has facilitated community and strategic sessions and led numerous public relations campaigns in areas such as renewable energy, benefits of Indian gaming and the protection of sacred sites.
Prior to starting her own company, Stephine worked for her tribe, Sandia Pueblo for eleven years in various capacities. She was the director of health, safety and education, creating some of the most innovative programs in Indian Country. She also was the Pueblo's first Public Affairs Director shaping the image of the tribe in one of its most significant growth periods.

(Jemez Pueblo)
Toya is an artist, small business owner, and talent manager. As a painter, Toya specializes in acrylic, oil and watercolor and has been the poster artist for both the American Indian Arts Alliance Show in Scottsdale, AZ, and the Albuquerque Indian Market. He has participated in art festivals such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, Pueblo Grande Museum Show, and the Eight Northern Pueblo's Indian Arts and Crafts Show. He is the owner and operator of Shades of the Southwest design and screen printing business, and also manages the Black Eagle drum group, recipients of the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album. Toya attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.