ART
GUIDE Collection of NAYA Family Center
MAMOOK TOKATEE
MAKE BEAUTIFUL
Mamook Tokatee translates from the Chinook Wawa phrase for “make beautiful,” a fitting name for the development that will provide housing, studio, and display space for members of Portland’s dynamic Native American artist community. Together with our partners, we are constructing a vibrant communityoriented building that celebrates Native American culture through art and provides ample space for community programs and art creation. Native artists are revered as culture keepers in tribal communities. By providing affordable housing and workspace for Native Americans and artists, Mamook Totakee will help ensure that Native culture remains ever-present in Portland.
MURALS
Bonded by Culture Together, Community Room Mural Toma Villa Yakama Nation, WA
Sound of Blessings, Entrance Mural Derek No-Sun Brown Shoshone-Bannock, Klamath, Anishinabe Det.: Bird and Pattern, pp 1-3
Coyote Steals Fire, Courtyard Mural Lillian Pitt Columbia River & Dennis Maxwell, Artist Assistant
Sky Relatives, Lobby Mural Greg Robinson Lower Columbia Chinook
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My Sweet Boy Germaine Arnaktauyok Iglulik (Igloolik), Canada
Kendra Avis Charley Spirit Lake Dakota, Diné
When Prayers Hit Avis Charley Spirit Lake Dakota, Diné
September Sunflower Carlie Bear Don’t Walk Apsáalooke, Tsitsistas
Klickitat Basket and Huckleberries Jan Whitefoot Yakama Nation, WA
Klickitat Basket Jan Whitefoot Yakama Nation, WA
Diving In Ovila Mailhot Co-Salish, Seabird Island
Blackfish Ovila Mailhot Co-Salish, Seabird Island
Halibut Andy Wilbur Peterson Skokomish Tribe
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It Looks like a Meeting Jean Taylor Tlingit, AK
One of Those Days Pitaloosie Saila Inuk, Canada
Frog + Killer Whale Canoe Preston Singletary Tlingit
Metamorphosis Clifton Guthrie Tsimshian, AK
Shark Paddle Preston Singletary Tlingit
Eagle and Killer Whale Preston Singletary Tlingit
Skokomish Hair Comb Design Malynn Wilbur Foster Squaxin Island
Butterfly Basket Malynn Wilbur Foster Squaxin Island
Salish Sea: Dogs, Sword Fern, Starfish Malynn Wilbur Foster Squaxin Island
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Teach J NiCole Hatfield Curtis Comanche, Kiowa
Gourd Dancer and Son J NiCole Hatfield Curtis Comanche, Kiowa
Basket Design with Salmon Lillian Pitt Columbia River Wasco, Yakama, Warm Springs
Basket Designs at Twlight Lillian Pitt Columbia River Wasco, Yakama, Warm Springs
Journey 5 Lillian Pitt Columbia River Wasco, Yakama, Warm Springs
Eagle Ovila Mailhot Co-Salish, Seabird Island
Bright Path, Thorpe J NiCole Hatfield Curtis Comanche, Kiowa
Quinault Girl J NiCole Hatfield Curtis Comanche, Kiowa
PARTNERS NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER Founded by the community, for the community, NAYA is a family of numerous tribes and voices who are rooted in sustaining tradition and building cultural wealth. Our mission is to enhance the diverse strengths of our youth and families in partnership with the community through cultural identity and education. SILETZ TRIBE A group of many tribes and bands, each with its own language, territory, and customs became the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in the mid-1800s. The Siletz Tribe offers many programs and services, culture, and language classes, to tribal members. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS Founded in 2011, Community Development Partners’ mission is to repair and strengthen the fabric of cities and towns by meeting the housing needs of local citizens through the thoughtful planning and creative development of sustainable, affordable communities.
THANK YOU A special thank you to Phillip Hillaire, art consultant, members of the Mamook Tokatee art committee, and the Community Circle, whose time and talent made it possible to have the beautiful art procured and secured for the building.