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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251109T110000
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URL:https://www.antelopevalley.com/events/native-artists-celebrate-native-
 american-heritage-month/
SUMMARY:Native Artists Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:California State Park’s Antelope Valley Indian Museum State H
 istoric Park (SHP) will showcase seven Indigenous artists during Native Am
 erican Heritage Month. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet and engag
 e with the artists and purchase their artwork.\n\nOn Saturday\, Nov. 1\, a
 nd Sunday\, Nov. 2\, the museum will highlight internationally recognized 
 gourd artist Nadiya Littlewarrior (Potawatomi/Cherokee). Nadiya founded Sp
 irit Vessels Studio in 1993. Regarding her gourds\, Nadiya says\, “They 
 are Spirit Vessels to me because The Creator makes the Gourd People and pu
 ts their spirit in them\, and I get to dress them with regalia.”\n\nDesi
 ree Belone (Ponca/Diné) will share her art on Sunday\, Nov. 9. Desiree’
 s art blends the ancient traditions of her Indigenous roots with contempor
 ary forms of expression. Each piece she creates is imbued with the philoso
 phy of “good medicine\,” where natural elements such as shells\, cryst
 als and fur are thoughtfully incorporated to honor the Earth and its heali
 ng powers.\n\nOn Sunday\, Nov. 9\, the museum will also feature screenings
  of short documentaries on Native California issues produced by Giveaway S
 ongs Television in the 1990s. Producer Kat High (Hupa) will introduce the 
 films and answer -questions from visitors.\n\nOn Saturday\, Nov. 15\, the 
 museum will host Nadia Reed\, a member of the Chinook Nation in Washington
  State. Her Pacific Northwest Coastal Native American heritage inspired pa
 intings convey a mixture of symbolic\, expressionistic imagery of dancers\
 , waterfalls\, forests\, animals\, fish\, masks and mythical beings.\n\nEx
 perience Maree Cheatam’s (Muskogee Creek/Choctaw) award-winning ceramic 
 creations on Nov. 16. Maree says\, “I grew up digging clay from Oklahoma
  and Texas creek beds for my doll’s dishes and dried them in the sun. No
 w I fire them in a kiln! My Muskogee Creek/Choctaw heritage shows in my wo
 rk. Every pot I throw and paint is an expression of my love of the earth.
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