native mohawk art and craft gallery

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Title.The Book Reader.

self portrait (well kind of) 48 x 30 acrylic on canvas

price- is ummmmmm $$$ make offer I guess.

native mohawk art and craft gallery

"Keep your brushes wet and your humor dry"

As you can see on the left therre is a picture taken in 1908, Quebec was invaded by Indians from the west and south west of america.. No...Seriously my ancestors were involed in many shows and other tourist attractions. The western style outfits shown here are what the audience believed was typical of all first nations in Canada. So this is what they wanted to see in an "indian" show and exhibition. Over the years we've been able to re-educate the general public as to the different types of traditional garments and head dresses worn by our ancestors. At least we'd like to think so. But there are always some tourists looking for what they describe as the "real" indians who still to this day live in tee pees. Laughable to say the least.

In Kahnawake (my home) we host an inter-nation pow wow. This happens every year around July 11th. Guests watch and enjoy the many different first nations from Canada and the USA compete in traditional and modern dance competition . The food court featuring some of our traditional food specialties are gauranteed to add a few pounds on your scale.

Here's the symbol of my confederacy. Something I'm very proud of. The Hiawatha wampum belt depicts the five original nations of our confederacy. Senaca, cayuga,onantaka, onieda and mohawk. The tree of peace is where the grand counil fire (our central government assembly) is located in the onantaka territory.

She mends the confederacy wampum belt

36 x 48 canvas acrylic

$ 1500.00

Right in the middle of everything and in between the many chapters of my life I actually had the time to devote some of it to my passion...Painting. I enjoy expessing my own impressions of my culture through my art. Many of my paintings are based on the interpretation I see of events past, present and also future. Some secret knowledge is present in my work if you know what you are looking for. I also paint what I see in our ceremonies and traditions. The purity and honesty in the past (if such a thing exists by way of our oral tradition) is a challege to interpret considering there is a lot of wishful thinking to sort through. I assume that if I took into account the major "not so good things" of our past we would be a mighty angry people today. The work becomes distorted in many ways so I tend to vear from those negative subjects. I understand the learning by our mistakes thing is ones own challenge. So this can be my mostly positive view into the future. Let us move on...

I research and try to learn the best parts of my ancestors way of life , what they believed in and how they lived. (sometimes speculating beween fact and wishful thinking) The making of history today in consideration of current events is a tricky subject. I would rather investigate the thinking and intent behind the events and so on. Not necessarily what people are saying. I don't really want to know what people say, what they know and what they preach (although this is quite entertaining at times) but rather the truth of my culture and how its supoosed to be presented Besides. we all know what people say and do are usually two different things. So I dig further and would rather express things behind the scenes and not necessarily what people are saying. Of course the results of my research is eventually a rendition of what I see and think. I seek only to connect the spiritual with the physical. Deep meditation can bring forth the beauty and wonder of the creator in everything including us. A look behind the scenes using my spiritualality as the vehicle can bring me into a world of wonderous beauty. Unfortunatly the liabilty is the visions connectiong the past with the present and of course the present to potential future events. can be disturbing. Yes, I guess I'm one of those people. So with this in mind I'll let my paintings speak for me or for themselves. The work here is a variety of my truths as I saw it. My new work as I progress will be more precise in its interpretation.

Tioteroken, Andrew Delisle jr. Turtle clan of the Kaniekehaka (Mohawk) nation...and proud of it.

The wing belt or the belt of the principle council chief. Sometimes called the Atotarhoh belt. Atotarhoh is the chiefs name and leading title of the Onandaga Nation..

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