Artist Archive

Book 1: Place - Oregon/Pacific Northwest

Artists From Oregon Tribes

Pete (Last Walking Bear) DePoe - Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

Quiltman Sahme - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Acosia Red Elk - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Santiam Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

James Edmund Greeley - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs / Hopi

Scott Kalama - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Oregon-based Artists from other Tribes

Rick Bartow - Mad River Band of the Wiyot Tribe

Gary Ogan - Cherokee Nation

Jim Pepper - Kaw Nation/Muscogee (Creek)

Artists from Pacific Northwest Tribes

John Angaiak - Yup'ik People

Mildred Bailey - Coeur d'Alene Tribe

Jim Boyd - Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Inez Jasper - Stó:lō Nation

Julia Keefe - Nez Perce Tribe

Calina Lawrence - Suquamish Tribe

Katherine Paul - Swinomish, Iñupiaq

Dr. Jacqueline Wilson PhD - Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

Khu.eex Band (Intertribal Band)

Pacific Northwest-based Artists from other Tribes

Dr. John-Carlos Perea PhD - Mescalero Apache Tribe

Jimi Hendrix - ancestry

Book 2: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 1

Rumble - The Indians Who Rocked the World

Link Wray - Shawnee ancestry

“Uncle” Jimi Hendrix (Tribute covers of Jimi Hendrix songs)

To refer to someone as “Uncle” or “Aunt” or “Auntie” in Indian Country is about respect and honoring.

Micki Free - Cherokee/Comanche - Voodoo Child/Red House/Hear My Train A-Comin’

Derek Miller - Six Nations of the Grand River - Voodoo Child

Mato Nanji - Ihanktonwan Nation - Red House/Hear My Train A-Comin’/ Voodoo Child/Little Wing

Cameron Osceola - Seminole Tribe of Florida - Little Wing/Voodoo Child

Levi Platero - Navajo Nation - Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun/Angel/Red House/Voodoo Child

Stevie Salas - Mescalero Apache - Little Wing

Book 3: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 2

The Cody Blackbird Band (Intertribal Band)

Connor Chee - Diné (Navajo)

Rita Coolidge - Cherokee Nation

Jesse Ed Davis - Kiowa Tribe

Willie Dunn - Mi’kmaq First Nation

Pura Fé - Tuscarora Deer Clan/Taino

The Halluci Nation - (Intertribal Band)

Joy Harjo - Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Lyla June - Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

Jeremiah Manitopyes(Drezus) - Plains Cree

Mali Obomsawin - Odanak First Nation

Redbone - (Intertribal Band)

Joanne Shenandoah - Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan

Supaman - Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation

John Trudell - Santee Dakota (Sioux) Nation

Frank Waln - Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)

Book 4: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 3

Book 5: The Ancestors