Spring Native American Market Moving Venues!
This year’s Spring Native American Market is moving to the Collinsville VFW-Post 5691, located at 1234 Vandalia Street, Collinsville, IL 62234. This unique 2-day shopping experience is open to the public Saturday, May 18, & Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 10 AM to 8 PM both days. Over 30 tribal affiliated artists from across North America demonstrate and sell authentic indigenous arts and crafts. Some available items include jewelry, ceramics, paintings/drawings, clothing, flutes, woodcarvings, and much more! This event is open to the public with FREE admission and parking. We look forward to seeings you there!
Want to be a Vendor at this Show?
The Spring Native American Market is open to Native American artists working in painting, sculpture, masks, ceramics, weaving, jewelry, fetishes, kachina dolls, dance, etc. Fine arts and crafts are emphasized for this show. The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society complies with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, therefore, a copy of your State or Federally recognized tribal card must be sent with your completed application and payment.
* Print and a fill out the contract. Once completed, either scan and email to museumsociety@cahokiamounds.org or mail to CMMS, attn: Spring Market, 30 Ramey St, Collinsville, IL 62234.
Meet the Artists
This is a working list of artists who have committed to participating in the Spring Market this year. Artists will be added once registration is completed. Keep checking for updates to the list!
Norris Chee – Navajo
- Paragould, Arkansas
- Paintings | Drawings | Prints
Catherine Mowry – Miami
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Dolls | Drawings | Prints
Woody Richards – Lakota Sioux
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Cedar Boxes | Hide Paintings | Knives
Jon Tiger – Muscogee Creek
- Eufaula, Oklahoma
- Drawings | Paintings | Bookmarks
Patricia Baxter Shebola – Hopi/Zuni
- Lawrence, Kansas
- Pottery | Beadwork | Ornaments
Patricia is a graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. Upon graduation from Haskell, Patricia did two tours of duty for the National Park Service. Her first detail was at Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeast Iowa, working with and maintaining the park’s collections. Patricia’s second detail was at the National Park Service Repository in Lincoln, Nebraska, working on repatriation and the vast collections from many National Parks from the Midwest to the Pacific. While in Lincoln, she studied for a degree in Museum Studies at the University of Nebraska. In 2012, Patricia returned to Haskell to teach a semester in Traditional Native American hand building.
Additionally, Patricia has attended Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle, Maine, for four clay studio sessions. Her clay work is a blending of her Hopi and Zuni pottery traditions. She incorporates a mixture of traditional and contemporary shapes and designs into her work, making raffia rings for each of her bowls. All of Patricia’s pieces are one-of-a-kind, made by hand – she does not use a slab roller or wheel to “throw” any of her clay work.
Patricia’s Facebook: Clay Badger Pottery
Niles Aseret – Navajo
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- Silver | Beadwork
Duane Prescott – Ho-Chunk
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Vintage Jewelry
Emilio & Marguerite Chavez – Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Pena Blanca, New Mexico
- Shell Jewelry
Emilio Chavez was born and raised by family who taught him how to hand-make turquoise grinned necklaces and slab earrings, during his teenage years in Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico. After high school, he always wanted to work with metal in his jewelry making and had to go back to school at The Institute of Indian Arts Collage in Santa Fe, NM. He later met his wife Marguerite and collaborated their jewelry. They both travel extensively throughout the country to show their art at most Native American art shows and museums. For over 20 years they still enjoy working together.
Stephan & Robbie White – Pawnee
- Muskogee, Oklahoma
- Silver & Turquoise Jewelry
This brother-duo crafts beautiful handmade Sterling Silver and Turquoise jewelry with other semi precious gems, shell, and Native Beadwork.
Paul-Rene Tamburro- Nulhegan Abenaki & Andrea Tamburro – Piqua Shawnee
- Anderson State, Indiana
- Metal, Stone, Beaded Jewelry | Porcupine Quillwork
Dr. Paul-Rene (Nulhegan Abenaki) is an Indigenous educator and artist. Dr. Andrea Tamburro (Piqua Shawnee) assists through her education, works with the arrangement and display, and adds beadwork and embroidery art. Paul-Rene did a four-year apprenticeship in silver and copper chasing and repousse. His art is inspired by his ancestors and his many years spent with artists and crafts people across the US and Canada.
Jimmy Yawakia – Zuni
- Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
- Fetishes
Nelson Garcia
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Silversmith
Michael Frerichs – Northern Arapahoe
- Aurora, Missouri
- Flutes | Dreamcatchers | Beadwork
Lisa Rutherford – Cherokee
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Pottery | Textiles
Lisa Rutherford (Cherokee Nation) is a full-time artist specializing in pottery and textiles. Rutherford began making ancestral pottery in 2005. She then started researching and making historic clothing including feather capes and mantles, twined textiles and 18th century Cherokee clothing.
She is a 1986 graduate of Northeastern State University (Oklahoma) and in 2009, participated in the Oklahoma Arts Council’s Leadership Arts Program. In 2014, Rutherford was selected for the Art Leadership Program at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, studying twined textiles, historic clothing, beadwork, and feather capes. In 2018, she was named a Cherokee National Treasure by the Cherokee Nation for her work in preserving and promoting Cherokee pottery and culture.
Lisa has won numerous awards and her work is in several museum collections including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum at Oklahoma University, the McClung Museum at University of Tennessee, and the Cherokee National History Museum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
General Benjamin Grant – Eastern Band Cherokee
- Cherokee, North Carolina
- Wampum Jewelry
General Grant is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and is known for his uncompromising level of quality and style in his handmade Native American jewelry and artwork. He continuously sets a high standard and stays true to his values, offering the best available Wampum on the market. Many years of experience give him the ability to manipulate the shell to reach the highest level of quality through knowing and understanding the depth of each individual piece and it’s specific characteristic. He has a great interest in sharing his knowledge for the next generations to come.
Click here for General’s Website
Antonio Grant – Eastern Band Cherokee
- Cherokee, North Carolina
- Sterling/Gemstone Jewelry | Cultural Items
Priscilla Nieto – Santo Domingo
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico
- Shell/Stone Jewelry
For generations Priscilla’s family has handcrafted jewelry, patiently hand-shaped turquoise, shells and other natural materials into intricate and elegant necklaces, earrings and other adornments. It’s one of the ways they express a connection to the land around them. Tasteful and authentic, their work infuses contemporary style into the patterns of their culture’s deep spiritual traditions. On display in several prominent galleries and museums throughout the country, Priscilla now offers it to you.
William Harjo – Creek
- Livingston, Texas
- Flutes | Beadwork
Keith Yazzie Jay – Navajo
- Montezuma Creek, Utah
- Pottery | Metalwork
Keith grew up in the four-corner area of the Navajo Nation. As early as high school, Keith was developing his talents and skills as a sculptor. While working at a pottery shop, his hand and finger coordination developed to the point where he could work with an “exacto knife.” He started creating pottery pieces with Navajo-life scenes and wildlife. By the mid-1990s, Keith had developed his own style of etched two-tone pottery where he would carefully layer each colored pottery piece to a certain thickness, allowing him to carve designs and wildlife.
Keith has won numerous awards in art shows across the United States, including Cahokia Mounds. Keith is proud to share his expertise and knowledge of traditional Navajo designs when creating this pottery.
Mel Cornshucker – Cherokee
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Pottery
Mel creates functional and aesthetic pottery using stoneware and porcelain clay. These unique pieces are high-fired and uses glazes and designs formulated and created by the artist.
Kimberly Bugg – Oneida
- Hornbeak, Tennessee
- Woodwork | Beadwork | Leatherwork
Kimberly (Kim) Greene-Bugg is a member of the Oneida Tribe of the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve in Ontario, Canada. She currently resides in the West Tennessee town of Hornbeak. Kim has traveled to numerous PowWows across the United States and Canada with her family. She became an award-winning Woman Buckskin Dancer- Southern Style as well as an accomplished artist. There she learned the heritage, culture, and artistry of the native people of the Northern and Southern Plains. This exposure to the wats of the Plains People, along with Kim’s Iroquois heritage, giver her creations a unique artistic expression. In her work you will find a blend of the traditional and contemporary. Kim’s creations can be custom ordered by contacting Kim at indiantrailtradingpost@gmail.com
Harvey Abeyta – Santo Domingo
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico
- Knives
Lara Cate` – Santo Domingo
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico
- Turquoise Jewelry | Earrings