All photos: Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Chippewas of Rama First Nation) SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market’s 2019 “Haute Couture” Fashion Show featured an exciting mix of new and established designers on the runway. This year’s Native designers included Decontie (Penobscot/Algonquin) & Brown (Penobscot), Catherine Blackburn (Dene), Delina White (Leech Lake Ojibwe), Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw/Choctaw), Lesley Hampton (Ojibwe/Mohawk), Sho Sho Esquiro (Kaska Dene/Cree), Pamela Baker (Kwaguilth/Tlingit/Haida), Shy Natives (Northern Cheyenne), Korina Emmerich (Puyallup), and Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo). Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika) and her team organized the fashion show. The show opened with a performance by hoop dancer Shandien LaRance, or Sonwaii…
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Not only is fashion and style highlighted in official and unofficial events during Indian Market, it’s also seen throughout the week as attendees use the opportunity to serve looks at events and on the streets. I love people watching, and I also love taking portraits, so this year, with editor America Meredith’s blessing, I gave myself the challenge of asking stylish individuals if they would let me take their photo. While it’s impossible to capture all the great outfits at this time of the year, these photos show a small slice of how people are creatively dressing themselves, particularly when…
Neebin Southall (Chippewas of Rama First Nation), FAAM contributor here. This past week, America Meredith and I took a trip to Phoenix, Arizona, to table a media booth for First American Art Magazine at the 58th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market. I had never been to the Heard Fair before, nor spent time in Phoenix, so the days were packed with new experiences. On Thursday, we first casually explored Phoenix. The street art was fabulous. [Click on pictures to enlarge] Later that afternoon, we headed to Scottsdale’s arts district to check out the galleries and the Scottsdale ArtWalk.…