2008 Red Earth Award Winners
Grand Award Winner
Benson Manygoats
“Slush Necklace”
14k gold, lapis, sleeping beauty, inlay with natural stones
President’s Award
Joel Queen
“Friendship Cooking Pot”
Hand-paddled and stamped, pit fired pot
Katherine Everett Upshaw Award
Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings
“Kiowa Battle Dress”
Division I: Cultural Items, Basketry, Diversified, Utilitarian Best of Division I: Cultural Items, Basketry, Diversified, Utilitarian
Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings
“Baby Lore”
Redstone Style Cradleboard
Cultural Items
Margaret Roach Wheeler 1st Place
Mound Builder Kilt & Headdress
Peggy Fontenot 2nd Place
Glass Beaded Cure Necklace
Jr. Weryackwe 3rd Place
Comanche Man’s Dance Belt
Basketry
Ramona Lossie 1st Place
“Story Basket”
Scarlette Dardin 2nd Place
Musadine Mat
John Darden 3rd Place
“Bull Eye Tray”
Diversified
Austin Real Rider 1st Place
“Raven Lance”
Alan Yeahquo 2nd Place
“Stick Game”
Tahnee M. Ahtone Harjo 3rd Place
Sled Coat – Bead Pictora
Utilitarian
Bryan Akipa 1st Place
Pipe stem Flute
Daniel Worcester 2nd Place
“Thunderbird”
Daniel Howard 3rd Place
Choctaw Stickball Sticks
Division II: Painting, Drawing, Graphics, Photography Best of Division II: Painting, Drawing, Graphics, Photography
Merlin Little Thunder
“Hoof-Horn and Wind Riders”
Cotton rag board with acrylic
Painting on Canvas
Gerald Cournoyer 1st Place
“I Bring News”
Matt Beardon 2nd Place
“The New Religion”
Gary Yazzie 3rd Place
“November in Taos”
Water-Based Painting
Norma Howard 1st Place
“Untitled” (woman with little girl on mule)
R.W. Geionety 2nd Place
“Thunder on the Plains”
Amada Pena 3rd Place
“Mestizo Series: Laseis de la Tarde”
Drawing and Graphics
Jon Mark Tiger 1st Place
“Medicine Bird and the Healer”
Gwen Coleman Lester 2nd Place
“Pan of Banana”
Gordon Yellowman 3rd Place
“Arapaho Dog Soldier”
Photography
Allan Ball 1st Place
“Tin Shed”
Peggy Fontenot 2nd Place
“Innocence”
Gordon Yellowman 3rd Place
“Young Cheyenne Dog Soldier”
Division III: Traditional and Contemporary Jewelry Best of Division III: Traditional and Contemporary Jewelry
Kenneth Johnson
“CacaKwv Woodpecker Cuff Bracelet”
Platinum, gold and diamonds
Traditional Jewelry
Nelson Garcia 1st Place
Traditional Handmade Beaded necklace
Veronica Benally 2nd Place
“Thumbprints”
George Begay 3rd Place
Fancy Style belt buckle
Contemporary Jewelry
Charlie Johnson 1st Place
“Southeastern Dancer 2”
George Willis 2nd Place
“Extinct, Threatened, Endangered”
Nelda Schrupp 3rd Place
“Not Your Grandmothers Necklace”
Division IV: Traditional and Contemporary Pottery Best of Division IV: Traditional and Contemporary Pottery
Joel Queen
“Green Corn Stomp dance”
Blackwear pot with green corn and stomp dance
Traditional Pottery
Jereldine Redcorn 1st Place
“Natchitoches”
Lisa Rutherford 2nd Place
“Cherokee Hands”
Scott Roberts 3rd Place
“Solar System”
Contemporary Pottery
Judy & Lincoln Tafoya 1st Place
“Water Jar Redwear”
Jereldine Redcorn 2nd Place
“Hero Twins”
Victoria McKinny 3rd Place
“Cheshire Catamount”
Division IV: Wood, Stone, Metal Sculpture Best of Division IV: Wood, Stone, Metal Sculpture
Jerry Haney
“Stickball Player”
Cedarwood sculpture
Wood Sculpture
Jerry Haney 1st Place
Hulbutta Micco “Billy Bowlegs”
Debbe Edwards 2nd Place
“From the Prairie”
(note: no third place award given)
Stone Sculpture
Kelly “Nitushi” Byars 1st Place
“The Family”
Debbe Edwards 2nd Place
“Contemplation”
Will Wilson 3rd Place
“Hear My Prayers”
Metal Sculpture
Troy Anderson 1st Place
“The Hummingbird and the Crane”
Joel Queen 2nd Place
“Industrial Copper Basket”
George Willis 3rd Place
“Ram”
Division VI: Clothing, Textiles and Weaving Best of Division VI: Clothing, Textiles and Weaving
Margaret Roach Wheeler
Chickasaw Jacket
Hand woven, wool yarn
Clothing
J. Sue Wise Robertson 1st Place
“Everlasting Fire”
Karen Yeahquo 2nd Place
“Cheyenne Shell Dress”
Tanee Ahtone Harjo 3rd Place
“Jingle Dress”
Textiles
Cathy Moomaw 1st Place
“Cherokee Wedding Set”
Isaac Plumb 2nd Place
“Wild and Wooley”
Cathy Moomaw 3rd Place
“Energy”
Weaving
Frances Begay 1st Place
Double weaving Yei Pattern
Note: no second or third place awarded
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