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(image area: 8 x 10) Limited Edition Print
These are the Choctaw words for counting from one to ten. The dancers in the upper right corner are doing a Duck Dance.
$25.00
The Choctaw were the first tribe to be invited by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian to present a festival celebrating their culture. This is a War Dance. Choctaws are among the few tribes that allow women to participate in a war dance. They acknowledged the women's contributions to their effort.
$1,500.00
Girl Power is written in the Choctaw language across the top of the canvas. More and more young women and girls are playing the ancient game of stickball. In years past, there were few that participated, but now there are enough girls playing to form their own teams.
SOLD
(image area: 4" x 12") Limited Edition Print
Stickball sticks are traditionally made with one vertical leather lace and one horizontal leather lace. Squared off handles are also the traditional design.
$25.00
(image area: 11 x 14) Limited Edition Print
Yannash is the Choctaw word for buffalo.
$35.00
The Choctaw Nation has a herd of buffalo in an area known as Buffalo Valley in Southeastern Oklahoma, not far from Tushkahoma.
$500.00
Gwen regularly participates in Native art festivals and museum exhibits and competitions. She was inducted as a Master Artist for the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 2007.Choctaw Nation has purchased her art as well as commissioning her work in murals. Gwen has done book covers for a major publisher and fully illustrated two children's books. Gwen welcomes commissions. Please contact her initially by email.
As always, I appreciate your interest in my art & in Choctaw culture.
YAKOKE--thanks-- for visiting my website.
Gwen
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