Zuni fetish carvers the Waites bought from this week

Greetings:
We have been poor bloggers over the last few days because of a high level of other activity and the difficulty in getting good internet connections. (Our guest house still doesn't have it reinstalled - a real bummer.)


But here is an update on our activities at Zuni Pueblo last Thursday and Friday.


We were able to meet with all of the carvers pictured below. We thought you might enjoy seeing photos of the carvers whose work you are buying.

Andres Quandelacy

Calvin Weeka


Carl Etsate

Collin Weeka

Daphne Quam



Efran Chavez



Ernie Mackel



Eugine Quandelacy



Fernando Laiwakete


In the interest of keeping each blog post to a reasonable length, I will close this album now and post a follow-up album with more pictures of the carvers we engaged this week.

Shortly, carvings from these artists and others will be posted to ZuniLink, your link to the latest and best in Zuyni and other fetish carvings. Check back.

Santo Domingo Feast Day dances. We are there.

Please note: Pueblo rules prohibit photography on the pueblo, so no photos are included. I will try to reconstruct the images from my mental impressions.)


The drum calls us from our stroll past the vendor booths lining a pueblo street. We follow through a narrow walkway to the plaza, a dry, barren space the length of two football fields. At least 1,000 dancers are moving in synchrony with the drumbeat and the chant of more than 200 singers closely clustered together. About half of the dancers are male and half are female. Almost all ages are represented, from very young to just under the aged.

It’s hot and dusty. The sun is unrelenting in its brilliance and heat. The dancers, stretching from one end of the plaza to the other, are enclosed and embraced by a riveted audience of fellow pueblo members and others who have arrived for the Feast Day.


Male dancers are wearing white, cotton, woven kilts with embroidered borders. Belt-line sashes hang to the side with cloud knots. Fox pelts are suspended from the rear belt-line. Their upper bodies and legs are painted with orange-tinted clay. A black-painted rattle is in each male dancer’s right hand. A pine branch sprig is in the left. A bandelier of shells hangs from the right shoulder to the left waist.


Women dancers are dressed in black, cotton, woven dresses (mantas) with red belt sashes. A colorful, printed cotton slip hangs below the hemline. Pine branch sprigs are held in each hand. Each is raised and lowered in sequence. They dance to the steady beat of the drum, with a stutter step, accentuated by the bells worn around the waists of the male dancers. Some women wear turquoise-colored tablitas on their heads. Many of the women have raven-black hair hanging below their waists and longer.


A single senior male holds aloft a staff of approximately 15-feet with vibrant red parrot feathers the color of flame atop. A vertical banner is attached to the staff for about half of its length. The banner is white and embroidered with a tall corn plant. The staff and it’s bearer move in front of the dancers, periodically lowering it to horizontal and passing it in a semi-circular pattern.


The dancers follow in two double rows, a pair of men followed by a pair of women, followed by a pair of women and on and on. A signal not perceptible to the hundreds of spectators, tells the male dancers to shake their rattles is unison. With another slight change in the lyrics, tempo or as part of the rehearsed dance, the dancers turn and change directions, while maintaining their double row. From time to time, the men and woman face each other and then turn so women dance behind the men.


About 200 singers accompany the single drum, vocalizing in unison. Singers also move deliberately in the stutter step of the dancers, but less vigorously. They are crowded together. They wear various colored shirts. They move as one.


By luck, we are privileged to observe from the end of the plaza where the youngest dancers are. It is a treat to watch them because they are still learning the dance and doing so by trial and error. As often as not, they turn in the wrong direction only to recover quickly and find their appointed places. The confusion and, perhaps, a little embarrassment, brings forth nervous smiles that never appear on the faces of the adult dancers. It is too innocent for words. Some of these children are no taller than my 3-year-old grandson. I can’t imagine him having enough patience and discipline to dance as they do.


At one end of the plaza, a canvas canopy with elk heads hung over the entrance, shelters and shades the pueblo elders, who sit and watch approvingly.


About a dozen males in gray, clay-coated body paint, wearing black kilts and skull caps covering their heads entirely move randomly among the dancers. They appear to be there to help dancers who lose part of their costumes and to generally encourage the dancers and keep them moving. Atop their heads, corn husks stand erect, pointing to the sky. Some of these “monitors” seem to be as absorbed in the dancing as are the other dancers. Others seem to move to their own inspiration as if in apparent supplication to the earth to provide abundance.


As the dance continues, we leave, exhausted by the sun and warmth. And we were just standing there. The stamina of the dancers is amazing to our non-Indian eyes. On our way out of the pueblo, we pass the many booths of vendors, from artists to snow cone sellers. We meet a Navajo carver we have never met before and whose work we are unacquainted with, and buy two carvings from him. One is by him, Ronald Portley, and one is by his son, Jeremy Lucero.

We pass another booth showing the carvings of Wilson Romero, Cochiti, and his son-in-law, Lionel Sanchez, San Felipe. Wilson has left for the day but Lionel tells us the nativity set carved by Wilson already has been sold. We comment on how proud we are that we were the first to suggest to Wilson that he lend his carving skills to that subject matter.

We also encounter a Santa Clara potter we had not met before, Dinah Baca. Her work, slender, black figures, remind us of pieces done by Wayne Snowbird. Whereas Wayne’s figures are more realistic and detailed, Dinah’s are more lyrical and flowing in their human forms.

We promise to look for Dinah at Indian Market in two weeks. Dinah tells us she is very “picky” about who she allows to retail her pieces, citing only close friends. We describe our history, credentials, philosophy and operation. We hope we will have the honor of offering her beautiful work. There is hope as she then invites us to be her guests at Santa Clara’s Feast Day next Sunday. This is a rare honor and we accept enthusiastically. Stay tuned for a report from that event in a week’s time.

Tribal Artery is presented by Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, with a web site at Native-PotteryLink, that offers pottery from all pueblos, including Santo Domingo and Santa Clara.

Lunch with Salvador Romero, Cochiti carver

Well, we are finally situated in our “adobe hacienda” in Santa Fe. We have learned that the area we are in is called Puesta del Sol, which our host interprets as “Where the sun lays down” in English. Indeed, the sunset from our little guest house is spectacular, yet very soothing, an unmistakable that the day is ending.



Other than that, it’s a lot like being at home – with one exception. Our broadband internet connection is not up and running. So, we are making internet runs to Kinko’s, where we can go online and grab our email. Unfortunately, after we make the trip, gear up at Kinko’s, get on line and read the email, it’s time to pack up and head back “home”.



It highlights how spontaneous our web activity is. As we sit in our cottage and an urge strikes us to search or post on line, we realize we are frustrated without an instantly available web connection. Arrrrgh…..



On the bright side, we had lunch today with Salvador Romero. We met him and his lady friend, Susan McDuffy, at a little café on Cerrillos Road where he likes to eat when in Santa Fe. He is in good health, which we were glad to see and hear. Sal told us he had a hard winter, what with extreme weather on the Cochiti Pueblo and the demands of pueblo business. He reported that many pieces were lost in production as a result of cold and snow. These are serious problems since Sal works outdoors, under a tarp suspend over a wood frame.



We are fortunate that he was able to ship about a dozen new carvings to us just a week before we left for New Mexico. We were especially pleased that this work is some of his best in our opinion. I mentioned that to him at lunch today. I was appreciative and talked about the difficulty in balancing his pueblo responsibilities with his ability to carve. I am tempted to say the former interfere with the latter. But, knowing Salvador, it would be more appropriate to say his carving occasionally interferes with his pueblo duties. It is hard to imagine someone who takes his pueblo life more seriously.



According to Sal, Feast Day on the pueblo calls for lots of preparation including the repair and creation of new headdresses each year. They are painted with homemade, non-commercial colors. After the day’s dances, the headdresses are put away.



With the most recent Feast Day behind him and fairly benevolent weather for the rest of August, Salvador agreed to take on some additional carvings for us. We look forward to seeing them later this month and bringing them back home with us.


Tribal Artery is brought to you by Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, and online tribal art gallery with websites at Zunilink, Native-JewelryLink, Native-PotteryLink and TribalWorks


Thank you visiting the blog, which is being posted from Kinko's. You're invited to visit the web sites.

Desperate need at Duck Valley Indian Reservation

The following dispatch was received concerning Duck Valley Indian Reservation.

There is a dire emergency at the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Owyhee Nevada. It's a very isolated reservation on the Nevada/Idaho border. One of the many fires that have been burning out of control in the west devastated this little village and people are suffering without water and electricity for 5 day now with no relief in sight. Food is going bad since there is no electricity since all the power poles are burned to a crisp. The elderly and the children are taking a direct hit as water supplies dwindle and food is in short supply. Since there is no power the heat is taking its toll and there is human suffering since there has been no aid. If ever there was a time for The People to pull together it's now.

So give these people a chance to survive in this blistering heat. Give them a call and see what you can do. These are our brothers and sister who are literally baking in the hot Nevada sun. If nothing is done like soon, there will be fatalities as the elderly will soon expire from the heat and the lack of water.

This is a human tragedy in the making and they need help now. Do you think the feds will help them? Well it's been 5 days now and do the math. Lives will soon be lost if help does not get there soon. Please, Please contact them, do your bit for our relations.

Contact info: Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
Sho-Pai Fire Station
1935 FireLane PO Box 219 89832
(775)757-2473
Ask for Brent Hunter, or you may contact me here in Elko,NV, Si Thomas 775-777-7739

Hu Ho

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Sotheby's Paris African Art Auction

Word comes from Sotheby's of an impending auction, featuring African Forms in the Marc & Denyse Ginzberg Collection.

Session 1 is at 5:00 PM, September 10, 2007, with exhibitions starting Thursday, September 6, 2007.

Alas, you must be in or travel to Paris, France to witness or partake in it.

A reason as good as any to travel to the City of Light.

As more information becomes available, we will post it here.

In the meantime, Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, offers many examples of African tribal art forms at TribalWorks.com . William and Susanne Waites invite you to visit.

Zuni Art and Cultural Expo, August 10 - 11, 2007

Among the Native American art activities in August is the annual Zuni Art and Cultural Expo, scheduled for August 10 and 11, 2007.

Information is a little sketchy at this time but we understand it will take place at the Zuni Visitors Center on the pueblo.

Interestingly, the Zuni Art and Cultural Expo will be running at the same time the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremony will be taking place at Red Rocks Park, just a few miles away.

It' a good time for Native American art lovers to be in Gallup and Zuni.

This notice is a service of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, which offers authentic Zuni art at its ZuniLink site, Native-JewelryLink site and Native-PotteryLInk site

NEW Salvador Romero Cochiti Carvings at Zuni Link

Owners William & Susanne Waites have just added a dozen new fetish carvings by Cochiti carver, Salvador Romero.

Salvador Romero is a carver of immense talent and sensitivity and very little time to carve, given his other pueblo duties. So we always consider ourselves privileged when new works come in.

ZuniLink is one of just three galleries, to our knowledge, that carry Salvador's pieces. Here are some samples of the latest.

A pair of wolves in pueblo found stone.A pair of bears in pueblo found stone.A badger in pueblo found stone.

A hawk in pueblo found stone.

Unlike Zuni carvers, who work in more formal stones such as turquoise, lapis. marble and Labradorite, Salvador's carvings come from stones he finds on the Cochiti Pueblo grounds as he walks with his dog. The animal emerges from the carving as a result of Salvador's vision as to what exists inside it. You're invited to visit Salvador's pages at ZuniLink to see and learn more.

Thank you.

Unique Concho Belt offered in SWAIA fundraiser

Over 50 and Fabulous!

Concho Belt Inspired by Indian Market Traditions

Ten jewelry stars of the Santa Fe Indian Market have come together to make one extraordinary piece: the “Over 50 and Fabulous” concho belt that will be sold to the highest bidder at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts’ (SWAIA) annual fundraising auction.

Inspired by the collaborative concho belt created in 2001 (which featured up and coming jewelers and also holds the title as the first collaborative piece SWAIA made available) this belt instead honors a group comprised of “over 50” jewelers who have earned reputations as some of the finest jewelers in the country.

Each concho reflects the unique style of each artist, but when placed together form a one-of-a-kind, museum quality piece. Artists include Martine Lovato (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Gibson Nez (Navajo), Richard Chavez (San Felipe Pueblo), Naveek (Navajo), Jake Livingston (Navajo), Jennie Vicenti (Zuni Pueblo), Harvey Begay (Navajo), Victoria Adams (Southern Cheyenne), and ranger set by Michael NanaPing Garcia (Pascua Yaqui). Edith Tsabetsaye (Zuni) will also be donating a concho.

Michael NanaPing Garcia, Vice-Chair of the SWAIA Board, thought of the idea as a member of the auction gala committee. “This gives someone the chance to purchase a piece by some of the master jewelers of the 21st century, while also supporting the organization that sustains the livelihood of over 1100 artists nationwide.”

This is a once-in-a lifetime chance to bid on this amazing piece! For more information on the SWAIA auction gala and how you can attend, please call 505.983.5220. Tickets are $135/person or $1250/table of ten and sell out quickly. To preview the concho belt, plus additional items that will be available at the auction, please visit: www.swaia.org/live_auction_items.php.

Gallup Intertribal Scheduled for August 2007

August 8, 2007 will see the opening of the 86th Annual Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial at Red Rocks Park.

The Exhibit Hall will open at the Red Rocks Convention Center at 7:00 PM.

Thursday, August 9, 2007 the Grounds will open at 9:00 Am and remain open until 10:00 PM. A Ceremonial Night parade will take place in downtown Gallup starting at 9:00 PM.

Grounds will open again on August 10, 2007 at 1000 AM. The PowWow Grand Entry will occur from 7:00 PM until 12:00 midnight.

Grounds will open again at 9:00 AM on August 11, 2007, followed by a Ceremonial Parade atv10:00 AM in downtown Gallup.

The Grounds will open again on Sunday August 12, 2007 at 6:30 Am and the Inter-Tribal will close at 10:00 PM that night.

Tribal Artery will be blogging from Gallup for most of the Inter-Tribal. Subscribe now to an RSS feed to stay up to date on happenings at the Inter-Tribal in Gallup, NM.

Here Comes Santa Fe Indian Market

Southwest Association for Indian Arts has announced the schedule for the 2007 Santa Fe Indian Market.

This is almost indisputably the most important exhibit, presentation and competition concerning Native American Indian art in the world.

August 13, 2007 - The Indian Market Benefit at Vanessie Restaurant.
4:30 PM till close

August 17, 2007 - Press Reception for the Award winning Artists. -
4:00 PM - El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

August 17, 2007 - Award Winners Best of Show Announcement. -
4:30 PM - El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

August 17, 2007 - Sneak preview of Award Winning Works. -
5:30 PM - El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

August 17, 2007 - General Preview of Award Winning Art. -
7:30 PM - El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe


August 18, 2007 - Indian Market Commences. -
7:00 AM - The Streets of Santa Fe

August 18, 2007 - Santa Fe Indian Market Gala Auction. -
5:00 PM - La Fonda Hotel

August 19, 2007 - Day Two of Indian Market. -
8:00 AM - The Streets of Santa Fe

August 19, 2007 - Native American Clothing Contest. -
9:00 AM to 12:00 noon - Santa Fe Plaza Gazebo

Tribal Artery will be blogging from Santa Fe Indian Market, including announcements of winners and interviews as they are available.

Now is a good time to subscribe to a feed from Tribal Artery to get the up-to-date news about Indian Market 2007. Simply click on one of the blog feed icons in the right hand sidebar of this blog.

Save 40% off Native American earrings

We have just added some new Native American (Zuni, Navajo and Santo Domingo) earrings to our site at http://www.Native-JewelryLink.com and noticed in the process that we have many more pairs than we need.

So we are staging a special 40% off sale for Native American earrings on our site through Sunday night, July 22, 2007. This sale is being announced only to readers of this blog and our e-newsletter, Tribal Artery.

This once-in-who-knows-how-long sale offers the very same, high-quality, beautiful, authentic ear rings that we offer year around, at just 60% of their regular price.

When ordering - use our secure order form at Native-JewelryLink - please mention the 40% discount. It will be deducted from the listed price.

New Navajo Folk Art at Tribalwoks

William & Susanne Waites have just added new folk art carvings by Navajo artist Matthew Yellowman to the web site at TribalWorks.

Here are some thumbnails:A raven in full stride with orange sneakers on its feet,
mounted on a finished wood base.

This roadrunner on the run displays the widely respected detail of Matt Yellowman's
work. In orange sneakers attached to a finished base.

This brown-sneakered quail is exquisite in the detail of its colorful painting.

Cowboy roosters are a favorite subject for Matthew Yellowman.
This one has a black hat and cowboy boots of brown and gray.

This rooster is outfitted in a brown 10-gallon hat and boots of black and gray.

Matthew Yellowman has extraordinary talent and a keen sense of humor, as evidenced here. These are but the latest of the folk art carvings in the TribalWorks Navajo Gallery. You are encouraged to review them and others in greater detail.

See Bandelier - while it's still there

Bandelier National Monument has been on the US Department of Interior's list of vanishing treasures since 1999. It is in good company, sharing that distinction with Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and Chaco Canyon.

Pueblo, originally with 400 or more rooms, in in Now conservators are struggling to save the ancient Bandelier dwellings, particularly at TyuonyiFrijoles Canyon.

Throughout the canyon, "cavates" (a contraction of cave and excavation) are apparent. The cavates include evidence remaining from the placement of wood looms, ash-filled cook pits, nichos and largely deteriorated colored plasters, petroglyphs and pictographs.

You can still see these remarkable structures from an earlier time, when the ancestors of Native American aborigines lived here, at Bandelier National Monument. But for how long?

Soon you can fly to Santa Fe Indian Market

It may be a while before you can get directly to Santa Fe via long range carrier. Probably not in time for this year's Indian Market.


But the Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the FAA has certified the Santa Fe airport to handle larger planes.


Up till now, there has been a 30-passenger restriction on aircraft flying into Santa Fe airport. As a result, most commercial flights into Santa Fe were commuter airlines, principally connecting from Albuquerque and Denver.


Of course, local residents have objected to the certification on the basis that planes flying over their homes are noisy. On the other hand, a survey of 31 major economic influences in the region showed an overall positive response to upgrading the airport.

A few years ago, my son, Randy Waites, was involved with a car rental firm at Santa Fe airport and had to contend with the limitations on service.

Who knows? In a year or two, flights into Santa Fe for Indian Market and other events may be coming from more distant points, eliminating the need to connect through Albuquerque and Denver.

New Navajo Folk Art Carvings at TribalWorks.com

A handful of new folk art carvings by Navajo Matthew Yellowman have been added to the selections available at TribalWorks.com. We're showing a sampling of the new pieces here. Yellowman's work is distinctive in its excellent attention to detail combined with a vibrant sense of humor.

This hand-carved and hand-painted owl stands in moccasins.

This roadrunner in sneakers makes a jog in the desert look like fun.

Lots of folks are attracted to ravens. This one is very attractive.

This rooster is typical of Yellowman's to-crow-about work.

See more of Matt's colorful work at TribalWorks now. And visit our other web sites for authentic Zuni and other tribal fetish carvings at ZuniLink ; beautiful, conversation-worthy Native American jewelry at Native-JewelryLink and elegant, hand-built Native American Pueblo Pottery at Native-PotteryLink.

And the Native American Festivals keep coming.

June 23-24, 2007 - Indianapolis Eiteljorg Museum is staging its 15^th Annual Indian Market. More than 140 artists from 60 different Native American tribes will display and offer for sale their works of art. There will be a preview party on Friday night. For more information, call 317-2775-1360 or visit the web site at this link. www.eiteljorg.org/ejm

June 29-July 1, 2007 – 74^th Annual Hopi Festival of Arts & Culture, Flagstaff, AZ. Fifty-five booths will offer examples of native jewelry, artwork, pottery, baskets, textiles and more.

June 30-July 1, 2007 – Native Art Show and Sale at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) in Albuquerque, NM.

July 8-13, 2007 – Idyllwild Native American Arts Festival, Idyllwild, CA.

July 14-15, 2007 – 10^th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market, Prescott, AZ.

July 14-15, 2007 - Pinetop Annual Native American Art Festival, Pinetop, AZ.

July 14-15, 2007 – 12^th Annual Cahokia Mounds Contemporary Indian Art Show, Collinsville, IL.

July 19-21, 2007 – Festival of Native Peoples, Cherokee, NC. Hosted by the Eastern Ban of Cherokee Indians

July 20-22, 2007 – 1^st Annual Sacred Ground Fine Art Show, Jackson Hole, WY.

July 21-22, 2007 – Eight Northern Pueblos Indian Arts Show, Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) NM.

July 21-22, 2007 – In the Spirit – Northwest Native Arts Market & Festival, Tacoma, WA.

July 21-22, 2007 – Ganondagan Native American Dance & Music Festival & Art Market, Victor, NY.

July 27-29, 2007 – 34^th Annual Ruidoso Arts Festival, Ruidoso, NM.

These festivals often offer opportunities to see and buy Native American art and crafts. If you can't get to any of them, may we recommend visits to the following Web sites?


ZuniLink - for authentic Zuni, Cochiti, San Felipe and other fetish carvings.


Native-JewelryLink - presenting beautiful, hand-made Native American jewelry.


Native-PotteryLink - a wide selection of original Pueblo Pottery.


TribalWorks - a pot-pourri of tribal art from Africa, Australia, the Arctic and Navajo folk artists.

Tohono O’odham Nation opens new $15,000,000 Cultural Center & Museum

A new cultural center and museum has been opened in southern Arizona by the Tohono O’odham Nation. The complex, which is located in Topawa, approximately 60 miles southwest of Tucson, includes a community cultural and educational center with artists’ studios in support of a residency program, a special-collections cultural archive and two artifact repositories. An open amphitheater with a covered patio and a storytelling circle complete the current layout.

The museum houses ancient artifacts and cultural items that have been returned ot the tribe by other Arizona museum that had displayed or held them.

Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, co-owned by Susanne and William Ernest Waites, and sponsoring Native American art web sites at

Native-JewelryLink.com, Native-PotteryLink.com, TribalWorks.com and ZuniLink.com

are proud to bring you news of Native American and other Tribal Arts.

More Native American Arts & Culture

Here are more events scheduled for the coming months.

Through August 25, 2007 – “Native American Women’s Creations” in exhibition at the Edward-Dean Museum & Gardens, 9401 Oak Glen Road, Cherry Valley, CA.

Through September 16, 2007 – “Voices in the Tall Grass: Native Women Artists of Oklahoma”. This exhibit is being presented at the Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City OK. The art work, in an exhibition curated by Rebecca Brave, includes contemporary and traditional media such as pottery, beadwork, basketry, ribbon work, sculpture, paintings and illustration.

July 11-12, 2007 - Mashantucket Pequot Museum Pow Wow and Festival. Admission to the Pow Wow is free with admission to the museum and for museum members. The museum is located at 110 pequot Lane, Mashantucket. For more information, call 800-411-9671

July 14-15, 2007 – 14^th Howard County Pow Wow at the Howard County Fairgrounds, Baltimore, MD

July 20-22, 2007 – Redbird’s Children of Many Colors Native American Intertribal Pow Wow, Moorpark, College, 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark, CA. Admission is $2.00

August 4-5, 2007 - Bull Run All Nations Pow Wow, Riverfront Park & Candfield Island, Loyalsock Township, PA at the intersection of Bull Run Trail and Seshequin Trail.

August 24-26, 2007 - 33^rd Annual Pow Wow by the Baltimore American Indian Center at Patterson Park, Eastern and Linwood Avenues. Admission $5.00 Information: 410-675-3535.

This list is brought to you by William & Susanne Waites of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person and allied web sites, Native-JewelryLink.com, Native-PotteryLink.com, TribalWorks.com and ZuniLInk.com

In Memoriam: Arthur Lucario

We have learned from Palms Trading that Arthur Lucario has passed on. Art was said to have been born in 1942 and was half Laguna and half Acoma. His work, which was honored with a First Place at the 1995 New Mexico State Fair, was often the result of collaboration between Art and his wife, Velma Lucario. He was best known for greenware with etched designs. His smiling face and artistic abilities will be missed.

Palms Trading announces Pueblo Scholarships

Palms Trading Company has announced its 2007 Pueblo Scholarship for two deserving high school seniors who will be attending college in the fall.

Last year’s award was appreciated so much by Isidora Gachupin, Palms decided to make it an annual award. Scholarships will be presented to a Jemez Valley High School student and an Acoma High School student.

Criteria include: a 3.2 or higher GPA, acceptance to a four-year institution, participation in extra-curricular activities for at least 3 years and good character. Applicants must write and submit an essay about their future goals.

According to the Palms newsletter, after hearing about the scholarship last year, Kenneth and Diana Reneau of Lufkin, Texas asked if they could help. Their contribution has helped to increase the size of the scholarship funds. In addition, Mr. & Mrs. Ernan Roman have contributed to the fund.

Anyone else who would like to contribute can make deposits to the New Mexico Pueblo Scholarship Fund at the Wells Fargo Bank in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

We salute our good friends at Palms for their public spirit in initiating and funding these scholarships.