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Winter Indian Market Returns to La Fonda Hotel in Downtown Santa Fe
Winter Indian Market Returns to La Fonda Hotel in Downtown Santa Fe Holiday shopping direct from Indigenous Artists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—October 25, 2021; Santa Fe, N.M.— The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts is pleased to announce the dates of this year’s Winter Indian Market. The weekend shopping event will commence on Saturday, November […]
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SWAIA Announces New Board Appointments
SWAIA Announces New Board Appointments In Advance of Centennial Year L. Stephine Poston elected Chair – SWAIA Board of Directors NEWS PROVIDED BY Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Oct 14, 2021, 06:45 ET SANTA FE, N.M., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) is pleased to announce the appointment of its newly elected executive committee […]
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The 99th Annual Santa Fe Indian Market Announces Best of Show Winners
Santa Fe Indian Market is pleased to announce this year’s Best of Show, Best of Class and Special Award winners in a variety of classifications. For 99 years, Santa Fe Indian Market, the world’s largest and most prestigious Native American art market, has awarded Best of Show winners to the nation’s most exceptional artists in […]
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International Partnership Unites North American Indigenous Fashion Leaders
International Partnership Unites North American Indigenous Fashion Leaders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Santa Fe, NM; June 17, 2021: SWAIA Fashion, the highly acclaimed and largest Native North American fashion show which takes place annually during Santa Fe Indian Market, is proud to announce a partnership between SWAIA Indigenous Fashion, Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO), […]
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Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks by Dana Claxton
CLICK TO WATICH YUXWELUPTUN: MAN OF MASKS By Dana Claxton This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada’s most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle Range in Surrey, England, where he’s literally shooting the Indian Act in a performance piece called “An Indian Shooting the Indian […]
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CIBOLA: Seven Cities of Gold
WATCH CIBOLA: SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD A film by Jamison Chas Banks 1864- NEW MEXICO TERRITORY: While the Civil War rages in the east, a Confederate renegade embarks on a mythic trail of stolen Union gold. Rival bounty hunters vie to claim the riches and the Red Rebel’s scalp. There is no law here, […]
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SWAIA Artist Spotlight: Eugene Tapahe Art Heals, The Jingle Dress Project
Eugene Tapahe Watch: Art Heals, The Jingle Dress Project ART HEALS: THE JINGLE DRESS PROJECT Our project originated from a dream to unite the beauty of the land and the healing power of the jingle dance during these uncertain times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The origin of the jingle dance to […]
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Wake Up Call’s MK Mendoza speaks with Executive Director, Kim Peone
Indigenous Resilience Transforms Into Success and Poetic Justice at Virtual Santa Fe Indian Market By MK MENDOZA • OCT 22, 2020 Wake Up Call’s MK Mendoza speaks with Executive Director of SWAIA, Kim Peone about the success experienced at this year’s virtual Santa Fe Indian Market, now placing it in the lead as a model for helping artists […]
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Chef Spotlight: Tiffany Deer
CHEF TIFFANY DEER Tiffany Wahsontiiostha Deer is a professional chef with a love of food and flavor, and a passion for cooking healthy and easy to prepare meals at home. “In my mind, there are two separate baskets of Native food, or Mohawk food. One basket would be filled with our traditional food, which to […]
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