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| NATIVE AMERICAN INSPIRED HEADPIECES BY LITTLE DOE |
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hi everyone! i know i promised a fashion post and it is in the works, but thanksgiving is fast approaching and it got me thinking about our country. no, i am not going to get political here, instead i would like to give appropriate thanks to the first americans...
the native american indians.
i have always felt drawn to this culture and have talked about it in a previous post. native american indians are grounded by nature, have a strong spiritual sense, and are family-oriented. all of the things that i hold dear in my own life. they have combined aspects of their strong traditional culture with contemporary life, without having sacrificed the core of their identity. this strength is evident in ALL that they inspire.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
xoxo nikki
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| ARIKARA GIRL, 1908 (LEFT) KUTENAI WOMAN, 1910 (RIGHT) VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: THE WOMEN |
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"The Great Spirit has made us what we are;
it is not his will that we should be changed.
If it was his will, he would let us know; if it is not his will,
it would be wrong for us to attempt it,
nor could we, by any art, change our nature."
Seneca Proverb
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| NATASHA KHAN OF BAT FOR LASHES |
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| HANDMADE ARROWS BY FREDRICKS + MAE |
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| ARTIST FANNY BOSTROM GENTLE + HUSBAND IN HER HANDMADE TEEPEE, PHOTO VIA THE SELBY |
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"What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night,
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset."
Crowfoot (Blackfeet), 1919
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| A COLLECTION OF APACHE BASKETS VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: VISIONS OF THE FIRST AMERICANS |
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| KLAMATH WOMAN, 1923 VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: THE WOMEN |
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| (LEFT) ACHOMAWI MOTHER + CHILD, 1923 (RIGHT) A HUPA WOMAN WEARING FUR + BEADS, 1923 VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: VISIONS OF THE FIRST AMERICANS |
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When men begin to understand the relationships of the
universe that women have always known,
the world will begin to change for the better."
Lorraine Canoe (Mohawk), 1993
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DUNTON HOT SPRINGS, COLORADO (ABOVE + BELOW) |
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| A COAT FROM DUSEN DUSEN'S FALL 2010 LINE |
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"When you were born,
you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when
you die the world
cries and you rejoice."
Cherokee proverb
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| JULIETTE LEWIS, ACTRESS AND LEAD SINGER OF JULIETTE + THE LICKS |
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| NATIVE AMERICAN INSPIRED JEWELRY BY MANU (ABOVE + BELOW) |
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"The Great Spirit is our father, but the Earth is our mother.
She nourishes us; that which we put into the ground she returns to us,
and healing plants she gives us likewise.
If we are wounded, we go to our mother and seek to lay the
wounded part against her, to be healed."
Big Thunder (Wabanaki Algonquin), late 19th Century
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| (LEFT) AN UMATILLA GIRL, 1910 (RIGHT) A TYPICAL NEZ PERCE IN FULL FEATHER HEADRESS, BRAIDED HAIR, AND NECKLACES, 1910 VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: VISIONS OF THE FIRST AMERICANS |
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| CHEYENNE SUN DANCE LODGE VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: VISIONS OF THE FIRST AMERICANS |
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| (LEFT) PRIMITIVE STYLE OF HAIR DRESSING, 1921 (RIGHT) COAST POMO BRIDAL COSTUME, 1924 VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: THE WOMEN |
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DESIGNER + MUSICIAN CHASE COHL IN HER APARTMENT, SOHO NY HER NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN BOOT COLLECTION (ABOVE) AND DREAM CATCHER (BELOW) ALL IMAGES VIA THE SELBY |
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| HEADPIECES AS SCENE IN FIRST PHOTO OF POST (ABOVE + BELOW) BY LITTLE DOE |
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"Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."
Cree Prophecy
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| VINTAGE INDIAN MOTORCYCLE |
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| INSIDE THE FREE CITY STORE |
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| A SNIPPET OF MY EARRING COLLECTION |
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MY BOYS CELEBRATING THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN IINDIAN ANCESTORY (THEIR GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS CHEROKEE) |
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"Oh Great Spirit of our Ancestors,
To your messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth
who provides for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children
to love, to respect, and to be kind to
each other so that they may grow with peace of mind.
Let us learn to share all the good things you
provide for us on this earth."
Native American Prayer for Peace
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| MOSA-MOJAVE, 1903 VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: THE WOMEN |
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| (LEFT) WOMAN'S COSTUME + BABY SWING- ASSINIBOIN, 1928 (RIGHT) CAGUSE MOTHER + CHILD, 1911 VIA EDWARD S. CURTIS: THE WOMEN |
➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ ➾ps."The faces stare out at you, images seemingly from an ancient time and from a place far, far away. Their names are just as arresting- Shot in the Hand, Two Moon, Bear's Belly, Raven Blanket- monikers that don't immediately register as human. Yet as you gaze at the faces the humanity becomes apparent, lives filled with dignity but also sadness and loss, representatives of a world that has all but disappeared from our planet.
It's startling to learn that these stunning photographs were recorded in the United States and Canada not more than a century ago, images of Indians from tribes being overwhelmed by twentieth century progress. even more surprising is that these images- part of a body of work encompassing 40,000 photographs of American Indian life- were all recorded by a single man, Edward Sheriff Curtis. Curtis was a true visionary and a man driven by the desire-no the need- to record Native American cultures before, they disappeared. Along the way he became, for a time, the most famous photographer in America, fame that during his lifetime proved fleeting and came with a steep price.Today, Edward Curtis is again acknowledged as one of the country's greatest photographic artists, but this renewed recognition did not come easily. He wrapped up work on his thirty-year Indian project in relative obscurity and when he died in the 1950s few people knew much about him or his work. Curtis was rediscovered in the 1970s as part of America's growing awareness of its long-ignored native people. His photographs and ethnographic data displayed an essential role in educating the country about its Indian tribes and their cultures. Most importantly, Curtis's emotionally charged images were a wake-up call reminding people of all that had been LOST in the rush of American's westward expansion"
- Don Gulbrandsen's
"Edward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of the First Americans
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dig this!
HORSE AND I
bat for lashes
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