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AUGUST CITY UPDATE

ALLISON ROAD SOLAR PARK The City of Gallup hosted the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Allison Road Solar Park on July 17, 2018. Standard Solar Inc, a solar energy company specializing in the development and financing of solar electric systems, financed, owns, and operates the project. Mangan Renewables designed and developed the project and the General Contractor was M Electric, Inc. The project size is 9.8 megawatts on 35 acres of city-owned property located south of I-40, between Allison Road and Munoz Overpass.

There are 28,896 panels in the single-axis tracker array. The Park is expected to generate more than 20 million kilowatt-hours of power, annually providing nearly 10% of the city’s energy use. The project will generate enough electricity to power 2,500 homes and offset production of 3,500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.

GALLUP SKATE PARK OPENING The City of Gallup is thrilled to announce the opening of the Gallup Skate Park on Route 66. The park, located on the east side of the Gallup Cultural Center at approximately Route 66 and Strong, opened on July 28, 2018. The grand opening included presentations on behalf of the City and other special guests.

The Skate Park Construction was funded in a large scale community collaboration. The City of Gallup is the primary finacier with an investment over $800,000. Other financial contributors include private donors and the Southwest Indian Foundation, totalling $100,000, the St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for $5,000, and Councilor Yogash Kumar for $5,000. Also, The Tony Hawk Foundation awarded the City of Gallup a grant of $10,000 to assist in the construction of the Gallup Skate Park. In addition to the funds, the Tony Hawk Foundation has been providing free consultation on how to make the Park current with skating trends and safety. The Foundation only awarded six grants in 2017, and we are honored that we were selected.

GALLUP NAMED MOST WATER WISE Area residents made 7,010 pledges to cut water use by 32 Million gallons as part of the 7th annual Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, Presented by Toyota. The City of Gallup, New Mexico, was named one of five national winners by pledging to reduce their water use by 32 million gallons of water over the next year. The annual month-long public awareness campaign to promote drought resiliency and water quality ended on April 30th with Mayors from 35 states vying to see whose city could be the nation’s most “water wise.”

Join the City of Gallup in celebrating on August 7th at 11:30am at Courthouse Square.

Refreshments will be served.

In addition to Gallup, the cities with the highest percentage of residents making pledges during the campaign included Westminster, California; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tucson, Arizona; and Dallas, Gallup is now deploying the largest municipal Texas. Overall, residents around the nation, from sponsored solar array in the State of New MexiAnchorage to the Florida Keys, made 618,444 co. It is the lowest cost publicly sponsored solar pledges to change behaviors ranging from fixing array in the state. This project is expected to home leaks to reducing harmful runoff into local save the City of Gallup approximately $20,000 The Skate Park will be open 8am-10pm, 7 days a in the first year of operation and approximately week. Questions or comments about the Skate Park rivers and streams. The challenge, presented by the $785,000 by the end of the eighth year of oper- can be directed to the Parks Office: 505-726-5490. Wyland Foundation and Toyota, with support from the U.S. EPA, National League of Cities, The Toro ation.

Company, Earth Friendly Products – maker of ECOS, and Conserva Irrigation, addresses the growing The construction phase of the project resulted in importance of educating consumers about the 58 local jobs, and the ongoing employment immany ways they use water. pact will be two cleaning laborers and a security GYBL Registration Dates: Every Tuesday & Wednesday laborer. The City of Gallup wishes to congratulate Starting: August 7th to September 26th, 2018 Residents from winning cities will now be entered all of the partners involved in this successful Time: 10:00AM to 8:00PM into a drawing for thousands of dollars in waconstruction and completion of the Allison Road Place: LBM Recreation Center (700 Montoya Blvd.) ter-saving or eco-friendly prizes, including $5,000 Solar Park. toward their annual home utility bill, “Greening Your $55.00 first child/ $50.00 siblings thereafter Home” cleaning kits from Earth Friendly Products Bring birth certificates for age verification.

(ECOS), and home irrigation equipment from the Checks & Money Orders ONLY! Toro Company. A $500 home improvement store Divisions: shopping spree will also be chosen from among Co-ed: 7-8yrs Boys 9-10yrs Girls: 9-10yrs Girls: 13-15yrs the entire pool of U.S. participants. Additionally, Boys 11-12yrs Girls: 11-12yrs Boys: 13-15yrs participating residents were asked to nominate a Must be 7 years old before December 31, 2018 & Must not turn 16 until after December 31, 2018 Mayor Jackie McKinney Coaches needed, if you are returning please come in and fill out forms. Games will be played on Fridays deserving charity in their community to receive a and Saturdays. Tournament will be held at the end of the season.

Councilor Linda Garcia 2018 Toyota AV4 HYBRID, and the winner selected Councilor Allan Landavazo **13 to 15yrs divisions will be played if enough players register. was Gallup’s Battered Families Services.

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Thoughts From The West End In 2003 I road my bike towards the Mustang gas station tucked behind Red Rock Park on NM 566. While riding near the bend in the road commonly called by balloonist as “cock rock pass,” I nearly ran over a rattle snake that appeared to be sunning itself on the road’s shoulder. I swerved to avoid it, turned around, and cautiously inspected it. I couldn’t tell if it was dead or alive, as it wasn’t moving, but there was no physical defect or cause of death evident. I grabbed a stick and poked it. No movement, but it didn’t have rigor mortis either as its body was soft and pliable.

Thinking perhaps it might be in a comma, I applied a final test by grabbing my bike by the seat and running the snake over with my front tire. No movement.

I concluded that snake must have died by heat stroke or other natural means, and that it happened quite recently. I convinced myself of this even though there was a small thought in the back of my mind that the snake could somehow be revived.

Regardless, I picked it up by the tail and coiled it into the bottom of my hydration pack and zipped it shut.

In ten minutes I was at the Mustang gas station, and per my habit, I filled my water bottle up with the Gatorade they had on tap at the fountain drink dispenser.

As I was exiting the building, a Native man of around 50 years of age approached me and asked if I would like to buy a silver and turquoise ring, as he was in need of gas money. The ring was very nice and I liked it, but I did not have the $10 he was asking for it. I only had $3 on me, but in my infinite ignorance I told the gentleman that I would also include my rattle snake on top of the $3 for the ring.

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oddly and simply said, “You don’t have a rattle snake.” He said it in a way as if he were quoting a fact, as if he were saying, “You are not a cow, you are a human.” I did not pick up on his anxiety by the flatness of his statement, and for some reason, I had it in my mind that Native folk would find a rattle snake valuable in terms of using the rattle to make something.

I explained to the man that I found it on the road a few miles back and that it was in perfect condition. When I mentioned that it was in my backpack, he took one step back and simply repeated his statement, “You don’t have a rattle snake.”

Feeling that my honor was at stake, I took my backpack off and paused momentarily as I touched the zipper. Did I really want to stick my hand down there? Is this thing really dead? I felt I had no choice, and I slowly unzipped the pack and then shook it a little as I peered down the dark opening.

Nothing moved, and I could see the rattle. I slowly reached down watching very carefully and grabbed the rattle. I extracted the snake out of the pack into the air, inch by inch, waiting for the slightest movement. When I finally took my eyes off the snake and looked up, the man was no longer there. I saw him in the distance running up the road, leaving his truck in the parking lot. He did not look back.

It was at this point, holding a dead rattle snake in the middle of nowhere, that I realized I am truly an idiot. Standing there, I recognized that I really didn’t understand my Native neighbors.

I thought I did. But I obviously didn’t.

I put the snake back in my pack, rode home, and contemplated my ignorance.

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12 Ceremonial Schedule 15 Memories of Ceremonial Bill McCarthy 17 Memories of Ceremonial 20 West by Southwest Ernie Bulow 26 Veteran’s Corner Sandra McKinney 29 Caring! Palacios 31 Walking in Beauty Andy Stravers 32 Event Calendar

34 Trees Martin Link 38 The Role of Community Colleges

in Economic Development 42 Charity Invitational 22-Benefits for

Each and Every Patient 44 Gallup’s Best of the Best is becoming

Youth Rodeo’s Premiere Event Sandra McKinney 47 Guide to Buying Authentic Native American Jewelry 48 People Reading 50 Questions for Lyndon 53 Rug Collecting Michele Laughing-Reeves 54 Ancient Craft of Ceramics Martin Link 57 Treasure Poem

Thanks to our Contributors this month: Ernie Bulow Chuck Van Drunen David Conejo-Palacios Sandra McKinney Marilee Petranovich Michele Laughing-Reeves

Martin Link Andy Stravers Bill McCarthy Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen

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COVER Thank you for your creativity: Ric Sarracino

Staff: Sandra McKinney Christine Carter

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or the last 97 years, visitors have been coming to Gallup, New Mexico, to take in the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. This event fascinates those who are not accustomed to Native American culture, fulfills those who are, and has been known to fill every hotel in town to capacity. For many businesses, it is the busiest week of the year and becomes a time to make sure all those who have come feel welcomed. The Ceremonial is definitely a big attraction, but it won’t be the only event happening during the month of August.

This is the second year for the newly created Gallup Native Arts Market. The event erects a big tent downtown and fills it with area Native American artists and their crafts. This is the second year for it to take place the same week as the Ceremonial so as to take advantage of those big crowds. If you are interested in Native American art, Gallup is where you will want to spend your August.

Many well-known artists will enter their work into the Ceremonial to be judged. The works of art and winners are revealed to the public on Ceremonial’s opening evening. Some of the same artists that win coveted Ceremonial ribbons will be accessible to collectors and art enthusiasts downtown at the Gallup Native Arts Market.

August is a great time to get to know Gallup, New Mexico. The weather is beautiful, unique events are presented, great New Mexico food is available, and the community is dedicated to make it happen.

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97th Annual Ceremonial Art Show at Red Rock Park

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2018 Ceremonial Events Schedule August 3-12

Friday, August 3

12:00 Noon to 5:00pm Artist Check-in/Exhibit Hall 7:00pm to 10:00pm Native Film Series/El Morro Historic Theatre

Saturday, August 4

6:30am 5K 10K Fun Run-Walk/Ellis Tanner Trading 8:00am Open Junior Rodeo/Main Arena 9:00am to 5:00pm Artist Check-in/Exhibit Hall 2:00pm to 10:00pm Native Film Series/El Morro Historic Theatre 7:00pm NM JBRA Junior Bull Riding Main Arena

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12:00 Noon Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Queen Luncheon Red Rock Park 6:00pm Opening Night and Wine Tasting Red Rock Park 6:00 pm Open Barrel Racing

Thursday, August 9

9:00am Open Rodeo Slack 10:00am Exceptional Rodeo 10:00am Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Queen Contemporary Talent El Morro Historic Theatre 10:00am to 8:00pm Exhibit Hall Opens/Exhibit Hall 12:00 Noon to 6:00pm Amphitheater Performers 2:00pm Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Queen Traditional Talent El Morro Historic Theatre 7:00pm Bull’s Night Out (open bull-riding) 7:30pm Night Parade

7:00pm Voladores “The Flying Men”/Pow Wow 7:30pm Pow Wow Grand Entry/Pow Wow 7:30pm 2018-2019 Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Queen Coronation Main Arena 7:45pm Best in Show Artist Check Presentations Main Arena 8:00pm Night Performance Featuring White Buffalo Main Arena

Saturday, August 11

8:00am Song and Dance Registration Red Rock Park 10:00am Parade/Downtown Gallup 10:00am to 8:00pm Exhibit Hall Open/Exhibit Hall 11:00am to 6:00pm Amphitheater Performers/Amphitheater 12:00 Noon Gourd Dance/Pow Wow 12:00 Noon Song & Dance Grand Entry/Song and Dance Arena 1:30pm Open Rodeo 2nd Performance/Main Arena 6:00pm Pow Wow Grand Entry/Pow Wow 7:00pm Voladores “The Flying Men”/Pow Wow 8:00pm Night Performance Featuring White Buffalo Main Arena White Buffalo Performance

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By Bill McCarthy The year was 1988. I had come into Gallup green and inexperienced. Having been born and raised in Mission, Kansas, my home was right on the spot of a Pawnee village. That noble tribe, now sadly extinct, left a remnant in a museum right down the street, just a walking distance from my front porch.

That was the extent of my knowledge and interaction with Native Peoples and Native Cultures. One of the perks of coming to work at the Southwest Indian Foundation is that we have one of the few multi-story buildings in downtown Gallup. Facing the south out of large windows, one has a perfect VIP vantage point for the Ceremonial Parade.

Not really knowing what to expect, as our family waited, the three girls all under the age of reason, and John just an infant, we faintly heard the beat of the drums and the rich voices chanting.

I couldn’t really tell you much about that day, except I know it was generally a good time. But there was one aspect I do recall. I couldn’t tell you the tribe or the particular dance, but there was a young man, who was maybe 16. He was absolutely stunning in his fluid, graceful motion and art form.

The ripple of his muscles, the handsome regalia, the focus, and concentration, it was pure poetry in motion.

Then it occurred to me that it was really more than artistic expression in dance. It was a prayer.

It was a glorification of God’s creation. For many of the Native ceremonies, dance is a central feature. Keeping a dance all night, a sacred manifestation of the spirit, the good, the true, and the beautiful. The expression of prayer, purging, and purification. Keeping the discipline of the action, cadence, and beat as the muscles ache, and fatigue sets in. It is no wonder the Native People are such great distance runners. Certainly worthy of admiration.

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Big Al – My first Ceremonial was 1968 when it was on the north side of town, and it took two hours to drive across town to get to the events.

Frances R – I like the Saturday morning parade and seeing the dancers on Highway 66 and the train coming through town at the same time.

Bill W – Last year the Indian Rodeo had women who would ride steers and that was really entertaining to see.

Sam P – My first Ceremonial, it rained every day and the big storms would roll over Red Rock Park and loud thunder would crack against the red rocks during the dances, making the whole scene very dramatic.

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Sally O – Our family always likes to visit the Pow-Wow and see all the dancers in their full regalia. The energy of the dancers and the beauty of the outfits is amazing.

Jason A – The event always brings lots of visitors from around the world, and it gives you a chance to meet some very

interesting people who find Gallup fascinating. For those of us who live here, it is nice to see people who make this city and its events part of their vacation.

Robert R – Downtown Dances throughout the summer are my favorite.

You never know who you may get to see at the Courtyard Square.

Chuck V – I like to head downtown for the night parade. It is a great opportunity to get some photographs of the dancers with the historic downtown buildings as the backdrop.

Cynthia S – You just don’t find an event like this anywhere else. New Mexico and Gallup offer an experience you just cannot find back east.

Molly L – We come every year to see all the art and the dancers. The town is full and the new Indian Arts Market is a nice addition to all of the activities.

Sara R – The rodeo is my favorite. It has lots of events, and I like to sit out in the sun and see all that is happening, and I appreciate the famous white buffalo.

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LEEKYA

MASTER CARVER OF ZUNI PUEBLO D

he bought his fetishes by the bucket for a dollar apiece.

Another said he paid fifty cents. Take your pick. Recently a four-strand necklace of his sold for more than twenty thousand dollars, more money than he made in his whole lifetime.

Questions about names, dates, influences, and the veracity of informants plague the biographies of all the early Zuni artists. Slaney takes on each of these questions and gives an excellent overview, mostly letting her sources speak for themselves, and then

eborah C. Slaney created a magnificent tribute to the Leekya family with a show last summer and fall plus a beautiful book that is a treasure in itself. Sadly, the book only had a small print run (around 750 copies), and it will become an instant collector’s item.

The gift shop at the Museum of Albuquerque has some for sale, and I urge anyone interested in the Leekya family, Zuni jewelry, and Indian art in general to purchase one today.

Deb Slaney, Curator of History at the Albuquerque Museum, has considerable museum experience and has worked with the Wallace collection at the Heard Museum and written about it. She was

THIS BOOK CELEBRATES THE WORK AND CONTIBUTIONS TO ZUNI ART.

FREDDY LEEKYA HAS CREATED SOME GREAT FIGURES INCLUDING THIS FLUTE PLAYER. HE HAS ALSO DONE A CHIEF HOLDING A PEACEPIPE.

the curator of the Leekya show, as well as the writer and producer of the book. Wallace becomes rather significant in the Leekya story LEEKYA STONES AND DE DIOS because of the famous Sotheby Parke SILVERWORK. THIS BRACELET IS STILL Bernet catalog (1975), documenting OWNED BY THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT IT about half the Wallace collection. She DIRECTLY FROM LEEKYA IN THE FORTIES. points out that Leekya has ninetynine pieces there, nearly ten percent of the total.

The Museum of Albuquerque exhibition gathered a marvelous collection of 350 pieces borrowed from 42 lenders; museums and private collections. Slaney interviewed all the surviving members of the original Leekya family. Sadly, Sarah, who carved in her father’s style, passed away late last year.

Probably no other carver was ever THESE LEEKYA BEADS WERE MADE FROM as prolific as Leekya—not much J. B. TANNER TURQUOISE. doubt about that. One trader told me

Ernie’s Selfie

West by Southwest

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Theodore Kukate and Teddy Weahkee. If Leekya sold his first carvings in 1910 or shortly after, he is the leader. In 1910 he was twenty-one.

It is well established that early in his career, necklaces, especially the tab type with large flat beads, were in demand, both in the village and outside. Joseph Tanner, the original J.B., had developed an ancient turquoise digging in Arizona not far from Tombstone, known as Turquoise Mountain. His actual deposit was known as the Tanner Tunnel. He would eventually sell the mine to C. G. Wallace.

Each time he came back from Arizona with a fresh load, one of his first stops

THIS HUNTER BY ENRIKE LEEKYA SHOWS THE COMPLEX STYLE THAT MOVES FETISHES TO SCULPTURE. leaves the reader to draw the conclusions that best suit.

The question of dates is probably the most confusing. Any Zuni born in the nineteenth century or the early years of the twentieth has an uncertain birth date.

Often these folks don’t know the date themselves with any certainty. There seems to be general agreement on 1889 for Leekya.

The name is a much bigger problem.

It has been claimed that the name was Leak (Wallace’s house name) or even Leekity, which is an entirely different, but justifiably famous family. It seems like this should be a non-issue. The 1919 census is the first census listing him as Leekya. In the 1940 census, the last one available publicly, the name is still plain Leekya. Family members say he did not like the Deyuse name and gave all his children Leekya as the patronymic.

Anglos demanded two names when a person entered school, an occupation, or the army. Correct spelling optional.

In the 1930 federal census, he gave his occupation as “laborer.” This is odd

because he had large holdings of sheep and cattle. In the 1940 census, he called himself a silversmith. Slaney says this was a designation commonly used by carvers, but in the same census Leo Poblano uses “turquoise cutter” and Teddy Weahkee called himself “gem cutter.” There are several men who offered “turquoise grinder.”

Regardless of his real name, date of birth, and title, Old Man Leekya was important for several reasons. People have described him as a happy man with a great sense of humor. A sense of humor is a tribal characteristic. But few artists have made it so much a characteristic of their work. His chubby, friendly, smiling animals call down a variety of adjectives, but I like “whimsical” because there is nothing forced about it, just reflecting the way he saw the world.

Besides the popularity of his fetishes, he was also probably the first commercial carver in Zuni, and that gave others the inspiration to work for cash.

Who was first to go public with their carvings? The other top contenders are

HAYES LEEKYA BEARS HAVE THE LEEKYA TOUCH.

HAYES LEEKYA’S LAMB ILLUSTRATES THE FAMILY SENSE OF HUMOR.

ownership.

Most of Francis’ eleven children became carvers. Son Francis Jr. does mostly silver work, and daughter Orina Netsa is also a jeweler. Freddy, Delvin, and Hayes have all become renowned carvers. Now Hayes’ son Joshua and Enrique Leekya, Freddy’s son, are carrying on the tradition. In typical Zuni fashion, each generation adds something.

Hayes has stayed closest to Old Man Leekya’s style, and his animals have the sly smile his father was famous for.

Freddy has added some memorable characters with his boy scouts, humanistic frogs, and animals like happy frogs that were never part of the original pantheon.

His buffalo, bears, and bulls are distinctively his own.

Enrique has carried innovation to new heights with carvings of African lions, giraffes, funny pigs, and antlered creatures like elk and moose. He solved the problem of delicate horns by making them out of cedar and removable. This means they won’t break in shipping. My personal favorite is the kangaroo FRANCIS LEEKYA TOOK UP CARVING rat, common to the southwest with WHEN HE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO its long, tufted tail. He carves MAKE JEWELRY. the tails separately to avoid breakage.

All the family carves in Zuni stone, Zuni rock, or Leekya rock, a travertine mostly known for its off-yellow coloring. It comes in many shades from almost white to a dark brown, which is rare and its source a guarded secret.

One could only wish that other families received similar attention.

Alice both worked in a style known as random pattern, fish scale, or snakeskin.

Francis has been highly regarded in the jewelry business and has won many awards. Two of his most intriguing creations are little known. He was co-creator of a prize-winning chess set. His most ambitious piece was never finished. Joe Wells was one of the owners of a Vegas casino, the

THIS LONGHORN BY ENRIKE LEEKYA OF PICASSO MARBLE. was at Leekya’s. There J. B. would give him a quantity of turquoise, and Leekya would give him back half the stone made into beads, keeping the rest for himself. This was not the soft, low-grade stone he

THUNDERBIRD CASINO’S SIGN, 1948.

was known to carve. Joe Tanner still has one of these necklaces.

Besides acting as an inspiration for the emerging Zuni jewelry trade in the village, he added some great artists to the roster THE THUNDERBIRD FRANCIS WAS MAKING with his children, and it has FOR THE VEGAS CASINO. passed down to third and fourth generations. Because of growing Thunderbird, erected in 1948, second up with and helping with his fetishes, hotel on the Strip. Wells gave Joe Tanner most of his children learned to carve the commission of creating a jeweled the little animals; all of them, with the replica of the Thunderbird sign. Tanner possible exception of Sarah, switched to gave Francis the job, but the piece was silversmithing. Son Francis and daughter never completed after the hotel changed

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SOME OF SARAH LEEKYA’S LAST FETISHES.

Gallup Native Arts Market Artists Aaron John - Navajo Started: I started working on my art in 1980. I am self-taught.

Students under my tutelage are my sons, Alonzo and Colt John.

Styles: The styles I use are: Tufa Casting, Overlay, and Lapidary.

My favorite designs are Hummingbirds and Dragonflies.

Galleries: Galleries that carry my work: Perry Null Trading, Ortega’s on the Plaza, Garland’s Indian Jewelry, and Wright’s Gallery.

Derrick Gordon - Navajo Started: Summer 1990 Styles: Traditional, Contemporary, and one-of-a-kind pieces Awards: 2009-1st place, 2012- 2nd, 3rd place, 2015-1st place Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Galleries: Bonecutter Trading Company, Perry Null Trading, Running Bear Trading, Gallup Trading

Gabriel Gonzales Started: I started making pottery in 1990. My teachers have been my mother, Presingula Chinana, and my uncle, Donald Chinana.

Styles: My style is Contemporary Pueblo Pottery, Traditional Burnished with stone and fired outdoors.

Awards: 1997 - Indian Market - 1st Place. 1998 - Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council, Arts Craftsman Show – 1st Place.

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Jonathan Mike

Started: I started silversmithing in 1986. I learned silversmithing from my parents, John and Fannie Mike, and learned the Contemporary Style design while working at The White Hogan in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona. I taught my son Troy Hubbell Mike to silversmith, and I am currently teaching the art to my granddaughter, Phoenix T. Lewis.

Awards: 1995 Pueblo Grande Museum First Emerging Artist award, 1996 The Leona King Gallery Award for Best Indian Jewelry and Metal Craft, 1998 Two Best in Class awards from Lovena Ohl Foundation, 1999 won the Curator’s Award at Navajo Market at Museum of Northern Arizona, 2008 Two Best in Category at Fort McDowell Indian Market.

Galleries: Heard Museum, Bill Faust Gallery, Perry Null, and Navajo Arts & Craft/ Window Rock, Az.

Jovanna Poblano

Started: I started making my art a lifetime or two ago in 1990. I am presently teaching my youngest son, Leonardo, to carve. My mother, Veronica Poblano, and I taught Zuni High School students this past school year, where my son was one of the students.

Style: My style of art is one-of-a-kind beaded wearable art and older stylized Zuni Carvings. My beaded art is selftaught, and it was my first form of art I started creating, with the encouragement of my mother Veronica when we lived in California. I started carving about 10 years ago on-and-off.

This year I have decided that it will be the focus of my art career.

Awards: Heard Museum, Museum of Northern Arizona, and Gallup Ceremonial.

Galleries: Keshi The Zuni Connection, Heard Museum, Smithsonian Museum Gift Shop, and NYC. Wright’s Indian Art.

Kevin Coriz Started: I was about 13 when I started creating art. I like to share ideas and techniques with my family.

Style: I enjoy creating both contemporary and traditional.

I learned Inlay/Lapidary from Francisco F. Coriz, my grandfather, and Jolene Bird, my aunt, silversmith - various classes/workshops, and self.

Awards: I have not yet won any awards.

Galleries: You can see my art at Turquoise Skies, Inc. on their website.

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allup, New Mexico, is recognized as a very patriotic community. There is a great reason for this designation with the history of the Navajo Code Talkers who gave invaluable assistance in winning World War II by using the code in the Navajo language which was never broken. Gallup had many citizens who fought and died during World War II. We also had a strong representation of young men who were involved in the Bataan Death March, as it was the New Mexico National Guard that was deployed to the Philippians and ultimately helped prevent a Japanese invasion of Australia. Many of our Gallup members of the New Mexico National Guard were captured, tortured, and held as Prisoners of War and were forced to walk the infamous 65-mile “Death March.”

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By Sandra McKinney

And, of course, many of our young men fought during the Korean War, which produced our local hero and Medal of Honor Recipient, Heroshi (Hershey) Miyamura.

Gallup also provided many young soldiers who went to Vietnam and returned without a Welcome Home. Since the beginning of Desert Storm, Gallup soldiers have fought and died in the Middle East. So many of our young Native Americans from the area will enlist in the Armed Forces to show their patriotism and to fight for their country.

War is an event which no human should have to endure.

Many of our soldiers return home, but never leave the battle fields within their minds. Too many of them suffer from physical injuries, loss of limbs, and also from the pain of the mind – Post Traumatic Stress (In the days of WWII, it was called “Shell Shock.”).

As part of their effort, Gallup Citizens Honoring Veterans will be hosting a dinner and dance event on Friday, November 2, 2018, from 6:00pm to 11:00pm, at the Hilton Garden Inn. This event is just a small effort to say thank you to our men and women who have served in all branches of the United States Armed Forces.

This organization is requesting individuals and businesses to contribute to this event in the form of a cash donation or by sponsoring veterans to attend the dinner and dance. Various citizens and businesses in the area will be donating items which will be auctioned during the night of the event. We also offer a single sponsorship of $50, which will cover the dinner of one Veteran the night of the event, as well as a donation in your name to the Gallup Veterans Helping Veterans organization. We encourage you to personally participate in the event by purchasing tickets for you, your family, friends, and business associates.

Proceeds from this event will be given to the local Post of Gallup Veterans Helping Veterans. This organization is a group of local men and women veterans who promote healing, fellowship, and camaraderie, and who assist each other in obtaining deserved veteran benefits.

Donations may also be made directly to Veterans Helping Veterans by contacting David Cuellar at (505) 8793333 or through email at gallupveterans@outlook.com, or by dropping by the Post at 908 Buena Vista in Ford

Canyon. You may also visit the Gallup Veterans Helping Veterans Facebook page to learn about their meeting times and some of their events.

Tickets for this event may be purchased at Sundance Motors on 1121 N. US 491, from 10:00am to 5:00pm (Monday through Saturday), or you may call Jill O’Keefe at (505) 870-5957 or Carla Baade at (505) 870-4463 to make purchase and sponsorship arrangements.

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Lee Begay - Navajo Started: Fall 2009 Style: Tufa Casting, Lapidary Teacher: Darryl Dean Begay, brother Awards: First-Place Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, First-Place Shiprock Fair, and Navajo Nation Fair Galleries: Perry Null Trading Company, Garland’s Indian Jewelry, and Dennis June Gallery

Meagan Shetima

Started: I just started creating my art in 2016.

I learned the craft from my late cousin Kendall Shetima, my mentor. I have also been teaching my girlfriend, Shannon Waatsa. She is an upand-coming carver as well.

Style: The style I enjoy is Fetish Carving.

Awards: First-Place for my first Eagle in Flagstaff, Arizona, at the art show at The Northern Museum of Arizona.

First-Place at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial.Best of Class at The Heard Show in Phoenix, Arizona. Second-Place winner twice at the Zuni Mainstreet Festival.

Galleries: Keshi, The Connection, Wright’s Indian Art Gallery, Sunshine Studios, and Quick Silver Gallery.

Nathan Nez - Navajo Started: I am self taught. I have taught my kids.

Style: Navajo Abstract Awards: Mural design for Health Care of the Homeless for the City of Albuquerque Galleries: Gemini Gallery, Winslow Arizona, Wrights Indian Art Gallery, Albuquerque, RB Ravens Gallery, Taos.

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Car ing If you are in any type of position of responsibility, you will encounter moments of truth. You may be a commissioner, an elected official, school superintendent, business owner, hospital administrator, departmental head, or countless other positions, paid or volunteer.

The moment of truth may occur in your office, a meeting or an assembly.

But often, it occurs wherever your constituent or customer may meet you… on the street, in the grocery store, or at a social event. It occurs when someone sees you and offers you their thanks. “I’m going to tell that person what I think before I forget.”

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often than not, it’s about a complaint.

That is not a negative; it is often the reason why leaders seek their position, so that people can come to them with their gripes, and the leader can fix things.

But the successful leader will also hear praise for the people who have made positive improvements. And the exhilaration of accomplishing the task of providing good service will echo in the head and the heart.

The praise may be for helping a student, or fixing a road, or saving a life.

But more than that, it is gratitude such as our military so often hears, “Thank you for serving.” So it is with humility when I repeat the words of Ben Welch, Community Services Coordinator for the City of Gallup, who said to me recently, “Mr. Conejo, I want to thank you for the care given to my father this week. One of my family has been in your hospital and has received outstanding care. 100% of your staff are friendly and courteous.

If the bar is here,” he said, holding his hand at eye level, “then your nursing staff are here,” he added, holding his hand extended well above his head.

We can only say to Ben and the public, “Thank you for letting us be of service.”

Former President Theodore Roosevelt summed it up best: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

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My father once told me that a personal testimony carries power because of how difficult it is to argue with what one has experienced. Consider what follows as my personal testimony to the benefits of exercise.

Exercise can be as simple as taking a walk or paddling a canoe. On a personal note, I do enjoy more vigorous forms of exercise. I tend to push myself physically and mentally, although I don’t believe this is required for one to enjoy the many benefits that come from exercise. In no particular order, I have identified the top five ways I have found regular exercise to be life-enhancing.

Benefit number one: Exercise promotes social engagement or provides much needed solitude. Depending on what I need on any given day, I find that getting out for a run or bike ride with other people is an excellent way to stay in touch with friends. It’s also a great way to meet new people, providing an instant connection based on a common interest. On the other hand, when I need solitude and time to myself, nothing comes even close to a full moon hike on the hogback or an early morning run on the High Desert.

Benefit number two: Exercise is good for the brain. If you have the time and resources, you don’t have to look very hard to find evidence based on research that exercise helps keep your brain functioning in healthy ways.

What I’d like to briefly share here is something I have noticed time and again during bike rides, trail runs, and while cross country skiing

in the forest. When I’m engaged in these activities (especially if I’m solo), there suddenly comes a certain clarity of thought. I experience strong resolution to do the things I need and want to do. All the cloudiness and muddle of life dissipates, and the things that really matter to me rise to the surface of my consciousness.

Benefit number three: Exercise helps manage stress. This is probably closely linked to taking care of your brain, but I think there is more to managing stress than just cognitive health. For me, stress manifests itself in physical ways. My neck and shoulders tighten when I’m stressed. I clench my jaw or grind my teeth at night. My hands ball up in fists and my face forms into a scowl. When these things happen, I know it’s time to get some exercise. It doesn’t seem to matter how tense I was before I left the house, by the time I get home, my body is relaxed and my mood has settled. I am much more even-keeled, easygoing, and relaxed about whatever life stuff I need to deal with.

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Events Calendar August 3

Pollentongue Poetry Event ART123 Gallery 6:00pm – 7:00pm: Workshop (bring original work!)

7:00pm – 8:00pm: Open Mic Feat. Tacey Atsitty with Collestipher Chatto

August 4 Ancient Way Music Festival, RAMAH, NM The El Morro Area Arts Council is hosting a music festival to support visual and performing arts in our community at the Old School Gallery.

This year’s lineup includes the Pine Hill Warrior Rock Band: featuring students from the Pine Hill Schools. Jeremy Mayne, guitarist, performs an array of Irish, Folk, Venezuelan waltzes, and Argentinian tangos.

Meri Dean brings a wide variety of music from jazz to indie, blues to folk, rock to Celtic. Headliners, Son Of Hwéeldi, Resistance Rock, are 2017 New Mexico Music Award winning artists who perform songs of prayer, protection, joy, love, and victory.

2:00pm - 8:00pm. All day ticket $10. At the outside stage of the Old School Gallery, one mile east of El Morro National Monument on Hwy 53. For more information call (505) 369-4047 or go to www. theoldschoolgallery.org.

August 4 McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council Red Mesa Center, 2:00pm

August 5 Poetry Reading and Book Signing Standing Feather will read selections from his new book: “The Glowing Pink.” Various Zuni Mountain Poets will also be featured, as well as a special musical guest. 1:00pm at the Old School Gallery, one mile east of El Morro National Monument on Hwy 53. (505) 369-4047, www.theoldschoolgallery.org.

August 7 Best in Show Night ART123 Gallery 4:30pm – 9:00pm. Get a sneak peek at the prize-winning works from the 97th Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Exhibit Hall.

August 11 ArtsCrawl: Road Trip Downtown Gallup, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Feat. BK Taiko Japanese drummers at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe.

Show Opening: Asdzáán by Hannah Manuelito ART123 Gallery, 7:00pm – 9:00pm gallupARTS’ Native Artist-in-Residence reveals her photographs of Dine’ matriarchs.

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August 12 A Taizé contemplative candlelight service will take place at 4:00pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church-Gallup to provide an opportunity for silence and spiritual refreshment. The theme, “New Beginnings,” will be explored through music, chant, prayer, quiet time, Scripture, and readings of various faith traditions. Spend an hour in prayer for the healing of our broken world and planet.

Please join us. The church is located at 151 State Highway 564 (Boardman Drive near Orleans Manor Apartments). Contact: Kathy Mezoff – (505) 870-6136

August 18 Tour of Gardens 8:00am and 2:00pm join your friends and neighbors for a Tour of Gardens. This fundraiser is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Relay for Life “Ups & Downs” Team. Tickets are $10 each.

Tickets may be purchased and maps picked up at the Grace Bible Church (222 Boulder Drive) parking lot from 8:00am until noon on the 18th. Tickets are also available from team members or Kay Jordan: (505) 863-5013. Tour on your own, or caravan with others, to view local gardens in bloom and bursting with summer produce.

Talk with the gardeners and share gardening tips and lore.

August 21 The Gallup Interfaith Community will meet at 6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Among other topics, the discussion will continue on our local response to the NM Poor People’s Campaign. This campaign is a coordinated call-to-action to unite citizens to challenge systemic racism, poverty, the war, economy, ecological devastation, and the nation’s distorted morality. (https:// poorpeoplescampaign.org) Bring food or drink for a shared meal. All are welcome in friendship and community. The church is located at 151 State Highway 564 (Boardman Drive near Orleans Manor Apartments). Email Rev. Lorelei Kay at wpcgallup@gmail.com or call Steve Rogers at (505) 870-1942 for more information.

August 22 Coal Avenue Commons Final Community Workshop Gallup Cultural Center, 5:00pm – 7:00pm Your vision for Coal Avenue Commons is coming to life: We have THREE DESIGN CONCEPTS - Help us choose! Free and open to the public.

August 23 Wine & Painting ART123 Gallery, 6:00pm – 9:00pm Register at www.galluparts.org/wine-and-painting.

August 30 Gallup New Deal Art: Guest Curator Talk ART123 Gallery, 5:30pm – 7:00pm See Gallup’s New Deal art from the perspective of an artist, writer and educator/historian.

On-going Events:

August Events at the Octavia Fellin Public Library Needle Point Poetry, Saturday, August 4th, 2:00pm The Children’s Branch will be hosting needlepoint artist Sam Bickford.

Learn needlepoint and illustrate your own poems!

Echo’s of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial begins August 8th at the Main Library Explore, images, documents, and ephemera from nearly 100 years of the Inter-tribal games and celebrations in Crownpoint and Gallup, New Mexico.

Live Sand Painting Demonstrations, August 10th, from 9:00am – 6:00pm, GJU lot, behind the Children’s Library Turquoise Man, Shawn Nelson, demonstrates the art of Native American sand painting throughout the day. Mr. Nelson is a local Navajo artist who has been creating sand paintings and oil paintings since childhood, a tradition passed down from his grandparents.

Hands-on Hornos Workshop, August 11th, from 11:00am 3:00pm, limited to 50 participants. The Octavia Fellin Public Library partners with Curtis Quam from the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center. Learn about the history of traditional Zuni food production through archival images and film footage presented by cultural historian Curtis Quam. Build your own miniature hornos in the afternoon and learn about traditional bread making. Contact us through Facebook Messenger to find out more.

Science Day: DNA Extraction Saturday, August 18th, 2:00pm Learn how to extract DNA from a banana using household items and make tasty candy DNA models.

Save the Date!

September 22 Charity Invitational 22 Golf Tournament The Western Health Foundation Charity Invitational has become an institution lasting 22 years. This year the annual golf tournament returns to the Gallup Fox Run Golf Course with prizes and fun for golfers of all levels. Come join the fun and support a worthy cause. For more information, call 505-863-7287.

September 29 Charity Invitational Gala Dinner, Red Rock Park The culmination of Charity Invitational is the Gala which will take place at Red Rock Park on Saturday, September 30th, at 6:00 pm.

Live music by Silver Country Band, an outdoor champagne reception, a delicious dinner prepared by the culinary arts students at Navajo Technical University, dancing, and a live auction of 6-7 specially selected items will all contribute to a fantastic evening celebrating all who have made Charity Invitational 21 a success. For more information or to purchase event tickets, call the Western Health Foundation at 505-863-7287.

First Monday of each month:

The City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board meets from 3:30pm to 5:00pm at the Octavia Fellin Library.

Community members who are concerned about environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at (505) 722-0039 for information.

Second Wednesday of each month:

The McKinley County Health Alliance convenes on the second Wednesday from 11:00am - 1:00pm at the New Mexico Cancer Center across from UNM-Gallup. All are welcome to attend to engage in discussions about health, education, economic, and environmental inequities to help facilitate change in those systems. For more information call (505) 870-9239.

Last Sunday of each month:

Gallup’s Rainbow Circle, supporting GLBT+ folk, families, friends, and allies, hosts potluck social gatherings at 5:00pm on the LAST Sunday of each month, in Viro Circle Park, 1 block south of Aztec and S. Clark, in Gallup. In the event of bad weather, meet at the Red Mesa Center, 105 West Hill Avenue, in downtown Gallup, just east of Octavia Fellin Public Library. For more information, you may call (505) 980-5437 or email GLPrainbowcircle@gmail.com.

Mondays:

Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Family Center, 555 South Woodrow Dr., Gallup, NM., 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Tuesdays:

Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

One Day At A Time Club. Next to Catholic Church, Ft. Defiance, Az., 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Wednesdays:

Gallup Solar is hosting community conversations about all things solar from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at 113 E. Logan.

Call (505) 728-9246 for info on topics and directions.

Co-Dependents Anonymous First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr, Gallup, in the library. 6:00pm -7:00pm - All are welcome; learn more at CoDA.org.

Thursdays:

Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr., Gallup, 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Saturdays:

Habitat for Humanity has fundraising Yard Sales every Saturday, 9:00am to noon. Volunteers needed for home construction. Call Bill Bright at 505-722-4226 for details and directions.

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting Every Saturday at 10:00am First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, Gallup. Meeting takes place in the Library. Feel free to call Liz at (505) 721-9208 with any questions.

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Trees

By Martin Link

My story begins at the home of Frederick Barnett Kilmer and Annie Kilburn Kilmer in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Frederick Kilmer was well known throughout the region for being the inventor of Johnson’s baby powder. Santa Claus came early to the Kilmer house, in 1886, when a baby boy was born on December 6th. He was named Alfred Joyce.

At age 8, Joyce (as he preferred to be called) entered the Grammar School that was attached to Rutgers College, graduating in 1904. He continued his college education for two years at Rutgers College, then in 1906 transferred to Columbia University.

At Columbia, Kilmer became the editor for the university’s journal, a member of the literary club, and a vigorous debater. He graduated on May 23, 1908, and three weeks later, on June 9th, married Aline Murray.

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children. Tragically, however, in 1912 their second child, Rose, was struck with infantile paralysis and died.

With family responsibilities, he became a Latin teacher at the high school in Morristown, New Jersey, and as a sideline, wrote poetry. In 1911, he published his first poetry collection, “A Summer of Love.”

In 1913, he published his most famous poem, “Trees.” Later that year he and his family converted to the Catholic Church, and he joined the local council of the Knights of Columbus. The next year he published his second poetry collection with “Trees” becoming the title poem. The collection consisted of 54 poems, including “The House with Nobody in it,” “Stars,” “Ballade of my Lady’s Beauty,” and “A Blue Valentine.”

A year later Kilmer and his family moved to Suffern, New York, where he continued his teaching career at the local high school.

In early 1917, Kilmer published his third

poetry collection, “Main Street and other Poems.” By now his reputationas a budding American poet was secured.

The United States entered World War I in April, 1917, and within a few weeks, 30-yearold Kilmer enlisted in the New York National Guard. He was assigned to the Irish “Fighting Sixty-Ninth” Regiment. When the unit was deployed to France later that year, it was redesignated the 165th Infantry Regiment, and in April, 1918, was assigned to Major William “Wild Bill” Donovan’s 1st Battalion. Kilmer quickly rose to the rank of Sergeant, and befriended the battalion’s chaplain, Father Francis Duffy, who was to become the most decorated military chaplain in history.

Due to his persistence, he was eventually assigned to Maj. Donovan’s special group of reconnaissance scouts. It was highly dangerous, but he was always ahead of everyone else.

As AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) units were being assembled for what was to

become the Second Battle of the Marne (river), Donovan’s 1st Battalion was assigned to lead the attack. On the morning of July 30th, his Recon-scouts were sent forward into “No-Man’s Land” to locate all German machinegun emplacements. Kilmer and his fellow scouts wasted no time moving out.

Later, Sgt. Lemist Esler, a fellow Recon-scout wrote in his report, “In the course of the advance, I suddenly caught sight of Kilmer peering over the top of what appeared to be a small hill or natural trench to get a better view. We called to him but received no answer.

Then I ran up and turned him on his back, only to find that he was dead, with a bullet through his brain.” A German sniper had hit his target.

Alfred Joyce Kilmer was buried in the American Cemetery at Oise-Aisne, near Picardy, France. It was Father Duffy who offered the final prayers and eulogy over his grave, while the poet’s fellow soldiers, who loved and respected him dearly, wept.

The French Government posthumously awarded Kilmer the Croix de Guerre for his bravery. Kilmer’s crucifix, which he had been carrying at the time of his death, has since been handed down to every battalion commander of the 69th Infantry.

In 1936, a 3,800-acre expanse of virgin forest in North Carolina was designated the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Numerous schools, streets, squares, and parks throughout the United States bear his name, as do three Knights of Columbus Councils.

A century after he was killed in World War I, Joyce Kilmer remains an eloquent witness of faith, joy, and valor.

“Poems are made by fools like me ......... But only God can make a tree.” ~ Joyce Kilmer

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Trees I think that I s hall never see A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hun gry mouth is prest Against the earth ’s sweet flowing breast, A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her lea fy arms to pray.

A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair.

Upon whose bosom snow has lain, Who intimately li ves with rain.

Poems are made b y fools like me, But only God ca n make a tree.

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THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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Community colleges play a very important function in improving the lives of students and do this through the fulfillment of multiple roles such as technical skill educators, transfer centers, certificate and degree providers, and career developers. Today, these same two-year institutions are also being called upon to be directly involved in economic development efforts within their communities. Not only are colleges such as UNM-Gallup involved in the business of educating students, but also in meeting the needs of industry and the local economy.

Traditionally, community colleges have been dedicated to the conventional role of serving underrepresented populations by preparing students to enter directly into the workforce or transferring to a four-year institution for completion of a baccalaureate degree. While still involved in this life-enhancing work, two-year colleges are now also keeping a close eye on community needs and asking themselves what skills employers and students are ranking as most important. Program development or enhancement requires a close analysis to determine if there are jobs for students upon completion.

In this role as a partner in economic development, college administrators must look at their ability to permanently improve students’ lives for their own benefit and that of society. There are several ways providers of higher education can fulfill this need.

Through contract training, colleges can create individualized programs for very specific industry skills. The trainings can be customized both in content and in delivery modes and focus on very specialized job skills.

Small business development is another response to the economic needs of a community. The UNMGallup Small Business Development Center is at the forefront of business creation and training.

As many as one-third of community colleges sponsor a Small Business Development Center as part of their campus education plan. Professional assistance in the form of business plan development, workshops, and financial assistance provides a supportive environment for entrepreneurial success.

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Integration of these new businesses adds diversification to the economy, provides employment opportunities, and increases the availability of goods and services within communities.

Economic development planning offers another avenue for community colleges to engage in broad and industry-specific research and information dissemination. Through the process of environmental scanning, colleges can look for trends, investigate emerging work practices, and monitor the economic landscape. Some community colleges go so far as to be actively involved in policy analysis and development.

Successful program improvement is dependent on decision-makers keeping an eye on predictive market indicators and making academic adjustments as needed.

Of course, one of the strongest ways community colleges can contribute to economic development is by producing graduates who are job-ready in industries that are primed to accept these new workers.

Offering opportunities to succeed in college equates to increased ways for trained workers to enter seamlessly into the labor force. The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce notes that by the year 2020, 65% of jobs in the United States will require some form of post-secondary education in the form of a degree or earned credential.

This puts the responsibility on institutions of higher education to be aware of industry trends, workforce demands, and specific employer requirements, possibly years in

advance of the actual need.

There is a direct correlation between education attainment and income earning potential, and this relationship is key to increasing economic prosperity. According to the United States Census Bureau, over the course of an adult’s working life, high school graduates earn $1.2 million versus $1.6 million for associate degree recipients, which translates into a difference of $400,000 over the course of the degree holder’s career. Additionally, certificate and degree holders earn entry salaries that are approximately 20% higher than those entering the workforce with just a high school diploma.

Economic development within communities is the result of strong collaborations between multiple organizations, civic leaders, and educational systems. Community colleges can be one of the important players in this process. Through their mission of affordability and open access, community colleges can collaborate to develop relevant programs, inform leaders, and fill employment shortfalls that help drive sustainable economic growth and expansion. In the words of Atlantic columnist James Fallows, “Community colleges are the main exception, potentially offering a connection to high-wage technical jobs for people who might otherwise be left with no job or one at minimum wage.”

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Penelope Joe

Started: I started loving art, painting, and drawing at age seven, but when I was 12 years old, in 2014, I started painting and drawing more, and started to enter my art in shows.

Style: My style of art is always about horses and our Navajo culture; I love painting Navajo Horse Stories.My family and my Navajo Dine’ people teach me every day to learn more, to be a better painter. I watch my mom, Rethema, and my grandpa working into the late night with Navajo Jewelry. I hope that through my paintings, I am teaching other native youths that our culture is still alive. Please learn; we are the youth who are going to carry the art into the next world.

Awards: I have won some shows at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Navajo Nation Fair Art Show, and Youth Heard Museum Show/Sell. I just love my art work; I love everything with my Navajo culture. I hope some day my art will be all over the world.

Penny Singer

Started: I started creating my art about 2007.

Style: I like to create Wearable Art (modern-day style). I am self-taught.

I like to mentor the youth and present lectures.

Awards: 2017 Cherokee Art Market, Judges Choice 2018 Litchfield Park, Fine Arts Market, 1st-Place 2018 Heard Museum Guild, Indian Fair & Market, 1stPlace, 2018 Tee Pee Celebration, Indian Art Festival, 1st-Place, Eiteljorg Museum, Indian Market & Festival, 1st-Place, 2nd-Place and another 2nd-Place.

Galleries: You can see my creations at: Gallery Chaco, Art Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Shumakolowa Native Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Drum Beat, Phoenix, Arizona.

Rolanda Haloo

Started: I started making art in 1972 at age 14.

Style: My style is about overlay with setting inlay. I am self-taught from watching my parents, Jacob and Lola Haloo, also Fred and Lolita Natachu, Albert and Dolly Banteah, and Rudell and Nancy Laconsell. These are my sisters and their husbands.

Awards: Awards I have received include: a 2nd place at the Museum of Northern Arizona, and a second place at SWAIA. Galleries: You can see my work at Galleries: Garlands’s, Bahti’s, Heard Museum, and Keshi.

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STOP BY TODAY! 701 W COAL AVE • GALLUP, NM 87301 • 505-722-6621

Benefits for Each and Every Patient Charity Invitational has been a success for over 21 years because the people of our community believe in what we do. Together with Gallup’s individuals and businesses, we have partnered to reach incredible goals. In recent years, the funds we have raised through the Western Health Foundation’s Charity Invitational have purchased equipment for the operating room, reopened the Substance Abuse Treatment Center, and renovated the old dialysis building into a beautiful and inspiring Wellness Center.

We believe everyone is entitled to receive compassionate, high quality care in a facility that is as attractive, comfortable, and as efficient as any facility you might find in a big city. Every healthcare facility should continuously upgrade to comply with safety, caring, and environmental standards.

Funds raised from Charity Invitational 22 will be used to renovate Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital’s patient rooms and bathrooms. In addition to paint, new flooring, bathroom fixtures, and furnishings, we will purchase state-of-the-art patient beds.

Each standard bed will cost approximately $11,000. We will also purchase a bariatric bed and specialized beds for the Intensive Care Unit, which are far more costly than standard patient beds.

Plans also include the purchase and installation of computers in each patient room. These will be used by providers and nurses for accessing reports and test results, as well as documenting orders, care plans, and other information essential to providing the best care for each patient. In all, the total cost of this project will be over $1 million.

The choice to renovate patient rooms is part of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services’ overall commitment to you and our community — to invest in improving and enhancing the care we provide. The benefits of our project will touch every patient of RMCH, every family member, every visitor, our staff, and providers. RMCHCS wants to make sure you and your loved ones have access to a hospital that offers excellent care in a

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comfortable and healing environment.

With our choice of this year’s project came an obvious choice of Honorees. The Western Health Foundation is delighted to announce David and Judy Conejo as the Honorees for Charity Invitational 22.

David moved to Gallup in 1983 to become the first CEO of the newly merged Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital.

It was here that he met and married Judy.

The Conejos left Gallup in 1994 to work for hospitals that needed help to improve their operations. They returned to Gallup in 2014 when David was invited to become CEO of RMCHCS. One of David’s passions is to provide opportunities for people to turn their lives around. This is evident in the recent growth and development of the RMCHCS Substance Abuse Treatment Center. Today the Center includes a 90-day, 69-bed residential treatment program, a four-month out-patient work rehabilitation program, a pottery program, a culinary arts program, and a GED program.

Under David’s leadership, the RMCHCS administration and staff have worked hard to improve and expand services. Renovating the rooftop helipad,

opening the Urgent Care Clinic and Wellness Center, as well as purchasing new, state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging and laboratory equipment are just some of the changes that have taken place over the last four years. Other major accomplishments include the return of full-time orthopedic, podiatry services, and a urologist on staff.

RMCH has also achieved accreditation as the only rural stroke-ready hospital in New Mexico.

Judy has been a volunteer for both RMCH and McKinley General, prior to the merger, and spearheaded other fundraising projects. Judy has overseen a number of recent improvements on RMCHCS’ main campus and at the Substance Abuse Treatment Center. She served as a consultant for the interior design and furnishings of the Urgent Care Clinic. For the past three years, Judy has been an active member of the Charity Invitational Committee and this year is serving as Chair.

Together the Conejos make a dynamic duo who have proved they can accomplish great things. We are grateful to have them working so hard to help improve healthcare in our community. For this, we are pleased to name Judy and David Conejo our Charity Invitational 22 Honorees.

For more information on this year’s Charity events or to find out how to become involved, call the Western Health Foundation at 505-863-7287, or the Charity Invitational Committee at 903-436-4921. You can also get more information at our website at http://www.rmch.org/getpage. php?name=foundation&sub=About+Us.

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Gallup’s B e s t o f t h e B est is Becoming Youth Rodeo’s Premiere Event

The beauty surrounding the arena - Church Rock in the Background (All Photos by Ben Welch)

By Sandra McKinney Throughout the warm months of each year, you can find a rodeo somewhere around Gallup on any given weekend. We are definitely RODEO COUNTRY! For eight years, Gallup was fortunate to host the National Junior High School Rodeo Finals each summer at Red Rock Park. This weeklong event was very beneficial to our economy and the sport of rodeo. The contestants and their families loved coming to Gallup and to Red Rock Park with the beautiful arena. Unfortunately, 2013 was the last year that Gallup was able to host this event.

Those who love the sport of rodeo in our community know that we have a premier arena

for hosting large rodeo events. There was great disappointment in Gallup and in the Junior High rodeo community that they would no longer be coming to Gallup and Red Rock Park to compete.

This brought about some thinking “outside the box.”

The City of Gallup decided to host their own rodeo for Junior and Senior High School students; thus, THE BEST OF THE BEST event was born in 2014. There may have been a few rodeo enthusiasts working at the City, but not someone who was knowledgeable enough to coordinate and run a rodeo event of this magnitude. In comes the name of Walt Eddy, a top-notch rodeo participant himself, but also a knowledgeable promoter in the world of rodeo.

Contestants in line for the Team Roping

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Walt Eddy is Gallup born, the former owner (along with his mother) of Trice’s Western Wear.

This man knows rodeo; how to procure high-dollar sponsors, how to reach out to rodeo participants around the United States, and how to provide excellent prizes worth traveling to Gallup for from around the country.

The first three years of Best of the Best contained some growing pains, but word started getting around about the excellent arena and the high-dollar payouts. By the fourth year, the event had become very well-known and more participants and their parents began traveling to Gallup, New Mexico. Out of the $250.00 entry fee per event, 80 percent is returned to the prize fund, and 20 percent goes to City expenses. An additional $35.00

Presentation of Colors on Horseback

Secretary Fee is also assessed. This return to contestants, along with sponsorshipadded monies, makes the Best of the Best the most attractive High School Rodeo in the Nation!

The Best of the Best is an openinvitation event. If you, as a student, are a quality rodeo participant, you can enter this event for 2019. Watch the local rodeo news for information on the date for 2019, the entry fees and events.

I When the dust settled on the 5th Annual Bloomer Trailers Best of the Best Timed Event Competition, it was evident it was in fact, the best yet! 372 high school and junior high Saddle Priz e - One of contestants from 13 states, spanning the Trophy saddles from Florida to California, brought have 511 horses to won, and I’m ready to try our beautiful for it again next year!”

Red Rock Park A unique element here in Gallup, to the event New Mexico, and every year is the competed against parent team roping and the toughest ribbon roping. These events are always competition for a hit, getting everyone up on their feet each large purse. in the stands to cheer on their favorite The City team! Ribbon roping champions this year of Gallup and were mother/son duo Colton and Erin producer Walt Eddy Oliver from Utah, and the team roping went above and champions were father/son team Jaylen beyond for the 2018 and Marlow Eldridge of Idaho. Each event. They upped winner was awarded a CSI saddle pad, the ante by adding and the ribbon ropers took home a $3,000 added money Charlie calf dummy and sled. The team to each standard roping champions took home a Hot event and included Heels SureFire dummy. the addition of steer e Martin Saddlery trophy saddles r u wrestling. The event t of the fu s y o b w were awarded to each standard o champions came from C event champion, as well as American a total of eight different Hat and Cinch Jeans certificates. The All-Around states, proving the event lives up to the Champions, Kenna Hayes McNeil of New Mexico name, drawing in the best competitors in the nation and Kash Cattoor of Utah, were awarded new iPads to the event. and hand tooled leather cases, courtesy of Red Rock Paige Jones, a sophomore from Wayne, Security. New to this year’s event was Red Bluff Oklahoma, was the barrel racing champion on Buckles (Continental Divide, New Mexico) gifted her extremely talented four-year-old, High Cotton to each winner, each round, courtesy of Lansing Lane, winning both long rounds and the average, Construction. Additionally, Classic Equine awarded pocketing over $5,200 in one event! Paige Jones Classic Fit leg boots to each round winner as well. states, “The Best of the Best is one of the most From the parent events to the jackpots, wooly prestigious events to compete in as a high school riding, junior looper roping, and junior incentive side student. Winning it and receiving the payout that it pot, there is something for everyone in the family in offered is a very rewarding accomplishment!”

Gallup at the Best of the Best. This year’s event paid Wyatt Bray of Stephenville, Texas, was the team out over $130,000, and only looks to keep improving. roping champion with his partner, Zant Lewis, of Snyder, Texas. This is Wyatt and Zant’s second year The hospitality and scenery are second to none at to compete at the event, and between the rodeo and this event, with the vision to do everything possible to make rodeo better for the next generation. the nightly jackpots, they took home nearly $7,000 Gallup and the surrounding area is full of young each. The Best of the Best is one of Wyatt’s favorite rodeo competitors. For 2019, let’s have a whole lot of events all year.

Gallup area competitors showing who is truly Best of Bray states, “My Gallup experience was nothing the Best. short of outstanding. The weather was great, the For full results and payout, visit www.facebook. rodeo was awesome, and the payout exceeded com/BestOfTheBestGallup and for additional expectations. No words can express the gratitude information visit www.gallupnm.gov. We look I have for Walt Eddy and the City of Gallup for producing this event. I’m deeply honored by the title forward to seeing YOU next year!

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GUIDE TO BUYING Authentic

Native American Jewelry

The Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial and Gallup Native Arts Market provides the perfect setting to make purchases of authentic Native American jewelry. These two venues will allow you access to the artists and dealers who are at the heart of promoting Gallup’s number one industry. August is a perfect time to be in Gallup, New Mexico, to learn about and purchase our coveted silver and stones.

Be sure to keep a look out for authentic material and pieces. Often knockoffs are created with some shortcuts. These shortcuts include placing imitation materials into a piece of jewelry and then representing the piece as having been made with the genuine thing. Common materials that are used are plastic colored blocks that will look like turquoise, coral, and the many other colorful stones found in our local art. Also, inexpensive nickel silver (which has no silver content) will many times have the sterling stamp to represent it as the more collectible and expensive sterling silver. Some business owners will import manufactured pieces of jewelry that have been made to look like the handmade pieces being created locally by Native American artists. The reason is, these manufactured pieces are less expensive, and it doesn’t require the business to establish a working relationship with the artists that is fair and beneficial to both.

For almost 100 years, the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial has been promoting Native American culture and arts. It is an honor to win a blueribbon in the judged art show and the lists of accomplished artists who have had their art judged here is extensive and impressive. Artists and local dealers take their best pieces to the Ceremonial for the chance to win a ribbon.

These pieces are then looked over by artists, collectors, and dealers that understand the importance of being authentic. Once the items have been judged, they are put on display for sale in the Ceremonial Arts Exhibit Hall.

Not only are you shopping a piece that has been judged by a group of very knowledgeable judges, it also represents a chance to own a ribbon winner.

This is the second year we have had the Gallup Native Arts Market, and it gives you a chance to personally meet the artist who made the piece you are looking at. You now have the opportunity to ask any question you want and remember that old saying there are no stupid questions. Ask them how the piece was made, what materials were used, and anything else you can think of. Here is your chance to learn from someone who has first-hand experience in the creating process. When you walk away with your piece of purchased jewelry from an artist at the Gallup Native Arts Market, you will feel a greater closeness to your new piece of jewelry.

Native American art is Gallup’s most important industry. Many of the Trading Posts here have been operated by generations of the same family.

Depending on the size of the operation, you have a very good chance that all the employees know the artists who fill their cases with art. That is because these establishments buy directly from the artists. You should be able to ask the same questions here as you would directly to the creating artist. Also, these stores buy daily, all year long, and can have very impressive collections that provide you the opportunity to compare artists, techniques, and styles.

Remember, Gallup, New Mexico is the source of authentic Native American art. Of course, the popularity of this art style brings the unscrupulous. However, using a little due diligence by asking questions, shopping around, and realizing if it doesn’t feel right it probably isn’t, you will have a great experience.

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Liz Ruhn, Mary Ruprecht, Leigh Tutterrow, Bruce Ruprecht, Mike Ruprecht, and Marc Ruhn reading the Gallup Journey on a Mississippi River boat tour Brianna Charley and Shawnivan Kee reading the Gallup Journey at San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge in June 2018

Randy Sloman reading the Gallup Journey from his camp at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains outside of Westcliffe, Colorado.

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Padma Komaravolu and her daughter Samyuta Komaravolu with their accompanied friend, the Gallup Journey, in front of a temple in South India!

Robert May, Anne McCollum, Preacher, Hal and Nancy Medley taking a break from shopping at Perry Null Trading to read the Journey!

JayLyn Denise with her kids Aidan, Molly, and Kaytie, reading the Journey in Idaho Falls!

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Questions for Lyndon Tsosie You are an artist, but you are also just as much an entrepreneur. This isn’t your first run at a business.

What do you think attracts you to trying something new?

As you stated, I am an entrepreneur and that’s what drives my soul. I’m also an artist and that is what has made me who I am today. It’s a part of what I have always wanted to do, even when I was a child.

Hahaha. It’s always been in my blood.

Stamping tools have always been part of your career, but did you ever think you would have a business selling them? And how did you get into this?

Yes, stamps have been in my career since 1989. It was three years ago that I had an opportunity, through social media, to expose these wonderful stamps to the world; and through my experience in selling my own art, I was able to sell the stamps. The business sort of grew from our kitchen; the stamps went from our kitchen table to the world. It was understanding the unique history of Navajo stamps that catapulted our business.

Jewelry collectors from around the world know the name Lyndon Tsosie. Just this year you won a First Place Ribbon at the Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market. Part of your House of Stamps business is teaching jewelry making. Does being Lyndon Tsosie make a big difference, or are the clients just attracted to traditional jewelry making?

Yes, I did win; not only first place, but also Best of Category in Jewelry. It was an honor. I have been bestowed with many accolades in my 28 years of creating art.

Yes, part of my job is explaining and helping customers understand the realm of a Navajo-made stamp. I do believe my name has helped in teaching the history of Navajo stamps. Our clients are attracted

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to the realm of making jewelry, not all of them use these stamps for Native Style Jewelry. In fact, we have customers from Dubai and Mongolia; they use these beautiful designs in their own creations.

So, I think everything helps; mainly the 28 years of experience in creating art.

What type of marketing are you doing to promote House of Stamps?

How can people follow you on social media; do you have a website?

Most of our marketing is through social media. You can find our business page, The House of Stamps, on FaceBook, Instagram, and our website at www. thehouseofstamps.com. Local ads include your wonderful magazine, radio, newsletters, and flyers around town.

I know that in the past you have done business in Japan. Do they have a market for these stamps, or do they only like the completed piece?

Also, where do you find the most interest around the world for these stamps?

We still do business in Japan; there’s a market for both stamps and jewelry there.

I can’t really say where most of the interest is; we have many customers from all countries.

Like we mentioned above, you are always looking to create something new. What do you see the House of Stamps evolving into?

We just invested in a CNC machine, so it will definitely change our industry.

For example, I have a personal collection of 1950 to 1960 Navajo-made repoussé; we’ll be able to make exact copies of those stamps. We’ll also be contracting with stamp makers who will produce certain types of repoussé for The House of Stamps. The contracts will allow them to collect one-third of the net profit. The income will be a positive impact for our stamp makers.

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ArtsCrawl: Road Trip

Saturday, August 11th • 7-9pm in Downtown Gallup What better way to cap off the summer than with a trip to Coal Avenue in Downtown Gallup for ArtsCrawl: Road Trip on Saturday, August 11th from 7 - 9pm?

A trip to ArtsCrawl also means a trip back in time with a Historic Photo Walk, featuring black and white photos of Coal

Avenue from the first half of the 20th century. An artist and a history teacher will also team up to offer History + Art Walking Tours of downtown.

Kids: is racing more your speed than walking? Sign up for our (literal) Box Car Race on 2nd Street. Choose your cardboard box/ car and run fast to be first around the track!

Travel to ArtsCrawl: Road Trip in style with the 3rd Annual ArtsCrawl Car & Motorcycle Show.

• Owners, to register: arrive between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.

Drive from 1st Street onto Coal Ave to find a spot between 1st and 2nd on Coal (first-come-first-served). Vehicles must be in place by 6:30pm. More info available at www.galluparts.org/ car-show.

• Car lovers: vote for your favorite set of wheels and help select the People’s Choice winner!

Plus, Weaving in Beauty puts your wool

knowledge to the test with an interactive game to guess the origins of its exquisite yarns, SOL performs at Quintana’s, and the Chucki Begay Family Band is live outside Sammy C’s.

And don’t miss the opening of “Asdzáán” by Hannah Manuelito

at ART123 Gallery, Ty Harris at LOOM Gallery, and shows at opo and Free Spirit Galleries!

Stay up-to-date with ArtsCrawl on Facebook @ArtsCrawlGallup.

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Collecting

Native American Rugs

By Michele Laughing-Reeves

Having a collection of any kind, whether coins, shoes, rocks, vinyl records, or cars requires diligence and knowledge — and, for most collections, a lot of money. There are two types of collectors, those who collect free stuff and serious collectors who buy stuff. Items such as rocks, feathers, unusual pictures, or unclaimed luggage left on the carousel cost no money and have sentimental value for the collector.

Collecting of stamps, comics, coins, rare books, fine art, or classic cars can be expensive, and it’s considered a financial investment. Consider Jay Leno’s massive car collection; one of his more than 100 cars is worth $12 million. The 1982 Paul Gauguin painting of two Tahitian girls was recently purchased by the country of Qatar for $300 million; that’s $100 million dollars more than a Picasso. For $30.8 million, Bill Gates added Leonardo da Vinci’s Scientific Journal to his rare book collection. Fortunately, he also scanned some pages to be used as Windows 95 screensavers. Simply stated, having a collection is valuable, and it may take years to compile an impressive number of items.

Of course, the average Joe does not have the bank roll of millionaire collectors, but a collection

Crystal sampler weaving

Eye dazzler weaving

can be as small or as large as you want, and from the owner’s perspective, is priceless. Right here in New Mexico, we are surrounded by opportunities to become a collector of Native American art.

There are people who collect specific Native American jewelry or art, such as ranger sets, kachina dolls, pottery, sculptures, or paintings.

However, the rarest kind of Native American art collecting is of Navajo or Pueblo weavings.

Collecting weavings requires in-depth knowledge: being able to tell the difference between a Pine Springs weaving and a Wide Ruins weaving, what is the weft count of a tapestry, and which plants yield what color wool. There is so much to know about Navajo weavings. A weaving connoisseur will know exactly what they are purchasing, and know how to display and care for their art.

For starters, Navajo weavings originated from regional areas from all corners of the reservations, from Teec Nos Pos to Klagetoh to Chinle. The initial ten regional designs were distinct in pattern, color, and style, so a knowledgeable collector would know that Pine Springs weavings use subtler vegetal dyed colors and have a variant diamond design compared to the vibrant dyed color and banded diamond design of a Wide Ruins weaving, and that a tapestry has a weft count of 80 or more, and that cochineal is a red dye color made from

Pictorial, JB Moore Crystal, and Two Grey Hills weavings

Vibrant Crystal table-runner weaving

bugs. However, there is so much more to Navajo weaving now than there was long ago when Spider Woman came to teach the Navajos how to weave. The simple weavings of the 1800s were used for blankets. So, having a chief ’s blanket in a collection will serve as a great conversation starter. From there, a well-rounded collection should include various regional styles from Crystal, Ganado, Two Grey Hills, Burntwater, Yei’s/Yeibichai’s, a saddle blanket, and the previously mentioned styles. Weaving is an evolving art, and all these regional styles have become more variant and intricate, some leading to a whole new contemporary design.

As weaving evolves, collectors continue to add to their collections, but how will the ever-dwindling number of Navajo weavers be able to pass this art form to the future generations.

According to gallery owners, including the likes of Garland’s Rug Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, the art of rug weaving is trending toward dyingout. There are simply fewer weavers now than ever before. Only two generations ago, young girls and boys were raised to either know how to weave or to be able to help in some capacity, such as shearing sheep or carding wool, or spinning wool or dying wool. In contrast, the current generation is preoccupied with technology and know very little of weaving rugs. The skill and talent are dying with the generation that relied on the selling of Navajo rugs to get through the Depression and World War II. In addition, Navajo weavers do not earn a comparable income to a job with a salary. Current rug collectors are aware of this trend and are more optimistic about their investment; perhaps it will motivate young children to learn how to weave.

Another factor that makes rug collecting rare is that weaving is a fine art. It is art that should be displayed, preferably on a flat, dry, out-ofdirect-light surface. Buyers usually already have a place in mind when they are considering a purchase. They will know what dimensions and colors will coordinate with their home décor.

Weavings are not meant to be stored like other collectables. They need to avoid sunlight, moths, and moisture. Weavings require more care than other items and require attentive wool cleaning by hand. Therefore, rug collectors are a rare breed.

Back here in Gallup, there are plenty of stores that offer a variety of Native American jewelry and art. We take it for granted that we have the opportunity to window shop and generate a wish list. These great works of art are physically accessible in our community, whereas people from far away are seeing only images on their computer screen. Online shoppers are unable to touch and feel the smooth wool, smell the residual sheep scent, feel the weight and sight of a large weaving, and they are missing out on the experience of walking out with the purchase in hand, rather than waiting for a delivery weeks later. Having a collection, however small, is doable in this small town. Leave the high-end collecting to Leno, Gates, and tiny rich countries.

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t f a r C t n e i The Anc

By Martin Link

Andrew, Emma, Delores, Lucy Photo credit: Lisa Rodriquez, Indian Trader, Martin Link

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Apart from basketry, the most ancient craft here in the American Southwest is ceramics, or pottery making.

Early evidence of making pottery goes back two thousand years in northern Mexico, and by five or six hundred AD, sedentary tribes like the ancestors of the Pima and Papago, as well as the Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, and other Pueblo groups along the Rio Grande were learning the techniques of manufacturing pottery.

Unlike many crafts that require imported components (i.e., silver jewelry) a potter (mostly women) could acquire the basic ingredients within a short walk from home. All they needed was clay, temper, slip, and paint (carbon or mineral) and some water. Also needed was enough hard wood, or even coal, to fire the vessel in a kiln. From the beginning, pottery’s principle use was as a container. It is the continuation of this tradition of decorated pottery that is the focus of modern or contemporary vessels.

Since its inception, the method of creating a vessel was to start with a flat piece of clay that would serve as the bottom, then build up the walls with thin coils of clay, fusing them together as the potter developed the design of the vessel.

Never, in the history of this craft was a potter’s wheel used, even after Spanish colonists introduced it. But what was adopted from the Spaniards were their metal and glass containers and cooking wares, and over the decades the need for clay pots greatly diminished.

It wasn’t until the beginning of the 20th Century, that anthropologists like Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett of the Museum of New Mexico, and artists in Taos and Santa Fe began to encourage some of the Pueblo potters to resurrect the ancient techniques and styles of their ancestors’ pottery and create objects that could be put on the commercial market as pieces of art.

Two of the first potters to respond to this suggestion were Maria and her husband

Julian Martinez of San Ildefonso Pueblo.

She made the pottery and he applied the decorations. She also became one of the first potters to sign her name “Maria” on the bottom of her pieces. Shortly thereafter a potter at Acoma Pueblo, Lucy M. Lewis, began to create her own style of traditional Acoma pottery, signed her pieces, and encouraged three of her children, Andrew, Emma, and Delores to become professional potters. This pattern was repeated at Hopi (Nampeyo), Santa Clara Pueblo (Margaret Tafoya and her children), and the Maricopa Reservation (Ida Redbird), to mention just a few. As the years went by, in several cases, pottery making became a generational occupation.

Contemporary Pottery While traditional potters, mainly in Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, and Santa Clara, still make their vessels by the coil method and fire them in home-made kilns, many others use a mold to create the vessel and then, after painting the design, fire it in an electric kiln. In both cases, the potters usually will sign their names on the bottom of the pieces.

Several years ago, some enterprising Navajos joined up with some ceramic experts and created a whole new style of “Indian made” pottery (also known as greenware). Commonly referred to as Navajo Etched Pottery, the pieces are cast in molds, and then, while the clay is still soft, an artist will etch or carve designs into the outer surface of the vessel, a technique known as graffito. In some cases, the surface is laced with hair from the tail or mane of a horse. During the firing process, the hair is burned, leaving a carbon residue of randomly placed black lines.

After the pieces are fired in an electric kiln, Navajo artisans, using a variety of bright and intense ceramic paints, highlight the etched designs and give the vessel a colorful appearance.

Even though pottery has a two thousand year old history here in the Southwest, it is still a vibrant and living craft art.

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