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DIRECTORY OF

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS & ORGANIZATIONS

IN NEW ENGLAND

LAST UPDATE: MAY 15, 2011

ABOUT NEFA The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) creatively supports the movement of people, ideas, and resources in the arts within New England and beyond, makes vital connections between artists and communities, and builds the strength, knowledge, and leadership of the region’s creative sector. As a nonprofit that operates with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England state arts agencies, and from corporations, foundations, and individuals, NEFA administers a variety of grantmaking programs that support the performing arts, public art, and Native American artists. NEFA also leads projects and initiatives that range from analysis of the creative economy to the creation of online tools which link and advance the regional, national, and international cultural community. For more information, visit www.nefa.org or call 617.951.0010.

ABOUT NATIVE ARTS The Native Arts program at the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) supports Native American artists in New England and nationally through grantmaking and network development. The program builds regional and national support structures to help Native artists reach broader audiences, connect with new markets for their work, and gain access to financial resources. The programs support artistic traditions within Native communities, as well as encourage exchange among Native elders, professional artists, emerging artists, and community resources to promote both the preservation of traditional art forms and contemporary expressions in and across artistic disciplines.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORY This directory includes both Native American artists and Native-led organizations in New England. A web-based searchable database is in the works on www.nefa.org. To be included in the directory, visit www.nefa.org/grants_services/native_arts_directory, or contact the program staff listed below.

CONTACT Dawn Spears (Narragansett) Native Arts Program Manager 617.951.0010 x525 dspears@nefa.org

Erin Johnstone Program Coordinator 617.951.0010 x533 ejohnstone@nefa.org

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS

Watie Akins Penobscot - Eastern Abenaki

Enrolled 68 Longmeadow Drive

Brewer, ME 04412 chi_eskijun@hotmail.com

207-989-1401 Traditional Abenaki singer, hand

drummer/shaker & linguist

Eric Otter Bacon Passamaquoddy

Enrolled PO Box 199

Princeton, ME 04668 ottercraft@yahoo.com

207-214-3164 Basketweaver

Amelia G Bingham Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 1 Fish House Hill

Mashpee, MA 02649 508-477-1765

Author, designer, tribal researcher

Michael K. Bliss Narragansett 77 Allen Avenue

Riverside, RI 02915 redhawk0126@yahoo.com Traditional regalia maker

Emma-jo Mills Brennan Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled PO Box 255

Mashpee, MA 02649 embrenna@rcn.com

508-428-6133 Multi-media artist & musician

David Moses Bridges Passamaquoddy

Enrolled 33 Green Briar Rd Newry, ME 04261

tukabuk@hotmail.com 207-767-3895

Birch bark basketry

Michael Brooks Lumbee Tribe of NC

PO Box 200098 Boston, MA 02120

mbrooksmd1@hotmail.com 910-374-2101

Writer, screenwriter, poetry

Donna Brown Penobscot

73 Second Street Bangor, ME 04401

d_decontie@hotmail.com 207-990-2372

Basketmaker including birch, dancer, beader, silver, painting

Siobhan Juanita Brown Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 725 Harrison Avenue, E405

Boston, MA 02118 voni_b@hotmail.com

617-532-1250 Actress, writer, oral historian

Jon Campbell Penobscot

4 Marten Avenue Narragansett, RI 02882

jcampbellwampum@yahoo.com 401-439-3296

Stonecutting, metal work, antler sculpture, shell & wampum jewelry

Dale Carson Abenaki Enrolled

110 Duck Hole Road Madison, CT 06443

DaleCarsonCT@aol.com 203-245-2847

Multi-media traditional arts and crafts, food writer,and author of three cookbooks

Linda Coombs Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled PO Box 1554

Mashpee, MA 02649-1554 bornagainpatuxet@yahoo.com

508-477-7240 Beadwork, leatherwork, twined

weaving, historian, museum educator

Pam Outdusis Cunningham Penobscot

Enrolled 208 Old County Road Hampden, ME 04444

outdusis@roadrunner.com 207-941-9373

Basketmaker in brown ash & sweetgrass

Barry Dana Penobscot

Enrolled 46 Parkman Hill Road

Solon, ME 04979 mauliandana@yahoo.com

207-643-2595 Basketry with natural

materials

Bill Donehey Mohegan

43 Crescent Street Uncasville, CT 06382

wdonehey@yahoo.com 860-861-6137

Cedar boxes, prayer fans, smudge feathers

Dawn Dove Narragansett

Enrolled 21 Indian Cedar Drive

Charlestown, RI 02813 dawndove7@gmail.com

401-364-0077 Educator, historian,

writer, traditional dancer

Joseph Firecrow, Jr. Cheyenne

Enrolled PO Box 173

Winsted, CT 06098 joefirecrow@hotmail.com

860-379-6007 Flutist

Barbara Francis Penobscot

Enrolled 41 Down St

Old Town, ME 04468 penobie@roadrunner.com

207-827-8688 Medium Brown Ash Basketry

L. Cheryl Francis Penobscot PO Box 387

Old Town, ME 04468 penobscot1949@hotmail.com

207-827-3827 Beading, sewing, leather work

Sebastian Francis Penobscot PO Box 387

Old Town, ME 04468 penarts@roadrunner.com

207-827-3827 Antler carving, drum making,

birch bark

Frances Frey Passamaquoddy

Enrolled PO Box 635

Princeton, ME 04668 207-796-8830

Beadwork, weaver

Gabriel Frey Passamaquoddy

Enrolled 696 Edinburg Road

Howland, ME 04448 207-732-5997

Mixed media

Jeremy Frey Passamaquoddy

Enrolled PO Box 824

Princeton, ME 04668 basketmaker@myfairpoint.net

207-796-0893 Basketmaker

Allison Greene Cayuga, Iroquois

239 Warwick Neck Road Warwick, RI 02889 alliegrn@msn.com

401-450-6861 Mixed media

Aron Griffith Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

Enrolled 30 Clover Circle

Houlton, ME 04730 arongriffith@yahoo.com

207-532-9296 Birch bark basketry

Kerri Ann Helme Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 72 Sagamore Street

New Bedford, MA 02740 iluvpharaoh@aol.com

774-930-1940 Pottery, weaving, quillwork

Kitty Hendricks-Miller Mashpee Wampanoag

PO Box 284 Chilmark, MA 02535

kitmashwamp@aol.com 508-274-8840

Traditional & multi-disciplinary artist: cedar flute, guitar, dancer,

drummer, educator

Hawk Henries Nipmuc Enrolled

318 Thorne Road Sullivan, ME 04664

hawkhenries@hotmail.com 207-422-2054

Flutemaker & musician

Sierra Henries Nipmuc Enrolled

318 Thorne Road Sullivan, ME 04664

207-460-4150 Wood burning on birchbark

Brenda Hill Tuscarora, Six Nations

Enrolled 126 Beach Street

Westerly, RI 02891 sixnattusc@yahoo.com

401-464-0726 Traditional & Contemporary pottery

Elizabeth James-Perry Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled 872 Allen Street

North Dartmouth, MA 02747 marineart@hotmail.com

508-826-3572 Environmentally-friendly hand-spun,

Native textiles made with natural dyes, woven quillwork and reproduction

art; educational programs.

Daryl Jamieson Pocasset Wampanoag

290 Park Avenue Woonsocket, RI 02895

pocasset.tc@hotmail.com 401-413-2167

Eastern music & dancing

Jennifer Kreisberg Tuscarora

Enrolled 37 Overhill Ave

New Britain, CT 06053 JENK72@aol.com

860-478-6862 Traditional vocalist

Lori Labrecque Mohegan

Enrolled 201 Dow Road

Plainfield, CT 06374 labrecquelori@yahoo.com

860-564-0372 Photographer of nature &

wildlife portraiture

Marie Levenson Mikmaq

153 Billings Street Sharon, MA 02067

marielevenson@aol.com 781-784-7380

Beading, jewelry, dolls, leather work

Carol Lopez Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 139 Great Neck Road North

Mashpee, MA 02649 508-477-8388

Native American dream catcher designs with wampum

Kani Malsom Passamaqoddy,

Micmac, Penobscot 20 Ballpark Road Perry, ME 04667

kanimalsom@netscape.net 207-853-4824

Singer, dancer, drummer, baskets, canoe, bow & arrow

Anemone Mars Narragansett

Enrolled 224 Carolina Nooseneck Road

Wyoming, RI 02898 amars2007@cox.net

401-862-9158 Beader, seamstress, writer,

regalia maker, theatre

Sharon Maynard Mohegan

54 Thames Street New London, CT 06320

simaynard@ix.netcom.com 860-447-9334

Basketmaker, splint basketry

Brenda Dancing Feathers Moore-Mitchell Passamaquoddy

PO Box 176 Perry, ME 04667

cuspes2@hotmail.com 207-214-3381

Cloth dolls, clay, regalia, feathers

Jennifer Neptune Penobscot

Enrolled PO Box 195

Old Town, ME 04468 sweetgrassbasket@aol.com

207-314-3344 Beadwork, silk ribbon work,

basketry

Jeanette Parker Passamaquoddy

Enrolled PO Box 55

Princeton, ME 04668 207-796-2701

Basketry

Fredda Paul Passamaquoddy

Enrolled 8 Cemetary Road Perry, ME 04667

wildwoodleslie@hotmail.com 207-853-4578

Traditional medicine, books, stories, newsletters

Lisa Autumn Moon Perreault Mohegan

252 Old Canterbury Turnpike Norwich, CT 06360

lisa@nativeweaver.com 860-319-9103

Weaver

Jonathan Perry Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled 32 A. Onset Avenue

Buzzards Bay, MA 02532-4902 merganserbay@hotmail.com

508-264-0206 Dancing, carving, music, drumming

Anita Mother Bear Peters Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 1781 Main Street

West Barnstable, MA 02668 mashpeebear@yahoo.com

774-392-1434 Traditional eastern regalia maker

Photo Credit: Sonia Little

Morgan James Mwalim Peters Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 387 Park Street

New Bedford, MA 02740 mwalim@gmail.com

508-566-6269 Author, playwright,

digital media

Ramona Peters (Nosapocket)

Mashpee Wampanoag Enrolled

320 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, MA 02649-0244

nosap@cape.com 508-477-1361

Wampanoag culturally informed pottery

Robert Peters Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 64 Lorna Road

Mattapan, MA 02126 xeepuuaee@aol.com

617-298-1200 Wetu designer, painter, poet,

& children's book author

Taquana Peters Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 119 Woodhaven Street Mattapan, MA 02126

Tspeters5892@gmail.com 781-308-5382

Regalia

Troy Phillips Nipmuc Enrolled

Lisa Phillips 3 Dexter Rock Road

Lincoln, RI 02865 T3Runwolf@aol.com

401-305-5338 Quillwork

Tracey Ray Penobscot

Enrolled 143 Parkview Avenue

Bangor, ME 04401 kanosehso@yahoo.com

207-951-7684 Basketmaker

Rolfe Richter Passamaquoddy

PO Box 88 Perry, ME 04667

207-853-4820 Flutist, storyteller, writer

Max Romero Aroostook Band of Micmacs

16 Beacon Rd Presque Isle, ME 04769

207-551-2357 Basketmaker, beader

L. Mixashawn Rozie Mohegan, Mohawk, Cherokee

Mixashawn 64 Humphrey Street, 3rd Fl

Hartford, CT 06106 mixashawn@sbcglobal.net

860-989-7427 "Wave" musician

Donna Sanipass Aroostook Band of Micmacs

16 Beacon Road Presque Isle, ME 04769

dancingbear2@yahoo.com 207-227-4009

Basketweaver, traditional dancer, beader

Toni E. Scott Narragansett

1121 Park Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06604

tscotteden@yahoo.com 912-980-1063

Silk painter, dollmaker, gourd, jewelry

Theresa Secord Penobscot Nation

Enrolled 76 Roosevelt Avenue

Waterville, ME 04901 miba@gwi.net 207-859-9722

Basketmaker

Tim Shay Penobscot, Malisut

Enrolled 39 Down Street

Indian island, ME 04468 timjamesshay@yahoo.com

207-827-2529 Sculptor

Richard Silliboy Micmac Enrolled

11 Medicine Wheel Road Littleton, ME 04730 rsilliboy@pwless.net

207-538-9459 Basketmaker

Chad Sockabasin Passamaquoddy

Enrolled Stephanie Bailey

PO Box 692 Princeton, ME 04668

nitap_bailey@yahoo.com 207-796-5401

Traditional basket tool maker, ash supplier

Leon Joseph Sockbeson II Passamaquoddy

Enrolled PO Box 302

Perry, ME 04667 l_sockbeson@lycos.com

207-853-4235 Fashion design

Sarah Sockbeson Penobscot

Enrolled 41 Lexington Rd

Kingfield, ME 04947 sarahsockbeson@yahoo.com

207-992-8040 Fine art basketry, acrylic

painted birch bark, photography

Cassius Spears Jr Narragansett

Enrolled 2 Clark St

Pawcatuck, CT 06379 ccspearsjr@yahoo.com

Traditional dancer, singer, composer, graphic designer &

artist in wampum, leather, & feather work.

Cassius Spears Narragansett

Enrolled 15 Oak Street

Ashaway, RI 02804 cspears63@yahoo.com

401-377-8746 Consultant & cultural educator

for pre-contact life skills & art forms

Dawn Spears Narragansett

Enrolled 15 Oak Street

Ashaway, RI 02804 dspears85@yahoo.com

401-315-5445 Cornhusk dolls, photography,

jewelry, drawings & cooking demos

Dinalyn Spears Narragansett

Enrolled 90 Buttonwoods Road

Wyoming, RI 02898 dinalynsp@hotmail.com

401-491-9224 Beadwork, gemstone jewelry,

fleece blankets

Kiowa Spears Narragansett

Enrolled 15 Oak Street

Ashaway, RI 02804 ks884r2@yahoo.com

Contemporary wampum jewelry, vocalist & guitarist

Loren Spears Narragansett

Enrolled 53 Indian Cedar Drive

Charlestown, RI 02813 lorenspears@tomaquagmuseum.com

401-793-0485 Beader, basket & fingerweaver,

dancer, storyteller, educator

Ssipsis Penobscot

Enrolled 2 Sarah Springs Lane #5

Old Town, ME 04468 207-827-0968

Writer

Robert Winter Wolf Thompson Mohegan

69 Sunny Hill Drive, Apt B11 Uncasville, CT 06382

moheganwarrior@gmail.com 760-219-5908

Film, pottery, glasswork/blowing

Fred Tomah Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

Enrolled 3 Clover Court, Apt 2

Houlton, ME 04730-3426 fredtomah@yahoo.com

207-694-4764 Basketmaker

Stuart Tomah Passamaquoddy

Enrolled PO Box 259

Princeton, ME 04668 207-796-8830

Basketmaker

Jason Turner Mashpee Wampanoag

311 Pepper Street Monroe, CT 06468

jasonturner0813@hotmail.com 646-721-3054 Actor, writer,

videographer, filmmaker

Durwood Vanderhoop Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled 44 Old South Road

Aquinnah, MA 02535 1durwood@gmail.com

508-645-9397 Singer, drummer, poet, bottled clay

Jannette Vanderhoop Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled PO Box 978

West Tisbury, MA 02575 jnettyv@yahoo.com

508-560-1103 Natural material art includingwampum,

hemp & leather,educator, environmentalist, wabi sabi

Tobias Vanderhoop Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled 3 Locust Lane

Chilmark, MA 02535 tenup@wampanoagtribe.net

508-645-5149 Singer, drummer, basketmaker

Annawon Weeden Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 111 Deer Foot Circle Mashpee, MA 02649

annawonw@gmail.com 508-648-6048

Singer, dancer, carving, wetu, exhibit design, writer

David Weeden Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 4600 South County Tr.

Charlestown, RI 02813 davidwweeden@aol.com

401-782-7848 Drummer, dancer

Berta Giles Welch Aquinnah Wampanoag

Enrolled 10 Raymonds Hill

Aquinnah, MA 02535 bertawelch@hotmail.com

508-645-9308 Jewelry, wampum,

stone & shell

Carol Smilinwind Wynne Mashpee Wampanoag

Enrolled 16 Grant St, Apt 2

Dorchester, MA 02125 smilinwind@hotmail.com

508-364-8568 Quill earrings, educational programs,

traditional dance & regalia

NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS

Aquinnah Cultural Center Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

Berta Giles Welch (Enrolled, Aquinnah Wampanoag) 10 Black Brook Road Chilmark, MA 02535 bertawelch@hotmail.com 508-645-9308 Mixed media

H.O.O.P - Honoring Our Own Power Intertribal

Wanda Lord (Cherokee/Choctaw) Edward King House, 35 King Street Newport, RI 02840 wandalord@hotmail.com 401-835-4806 Film

Hassanamisco Indian Museum c/o Nipmuc Nation

Cheryll Holley (Enrolled, Nipmuc) 25 Main Street South Grafton, MA 01560 crwritings@aol.com 508-853-5575 Mixed media

Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance Intertribal

Theresa Secord (Enrolled, Penobscot) PO Box 3253 Old Town, ME 04468 miba@gwi.net 207-827-0391 Basketry, birch bark, wood carving

Narragansett Indian Tribe, Econ Devlp Regulatory Commission

Jackie Stanton (Enrolled, Narragansett) 4375-B South County Trail Charlestown, RI 02813 jstanton@nitribe.org 401-364-1100 x203 Mixed media

Nipmuk Nashauonk, Inc Kristen Wyman (Enrolled, Nipmuk)

125 Granite Street Apt. 523 Quincy, MA 02169 kristen_wyman@partner.nps.gov 781-242-9669 Mixed media

Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department

Maria Girouard (Enrolled, Penobscot) 12 Wabanaki Way Old Town, ME 04468 maria.girouard@penobscotnation.org 207-817-7471 Mixed media

Rhode Island Indian Council Intertribal

Allison Greene (Cayuga) Algonquin House Providence, RI 02907 agreene@rhodeislandindiancouncil.org 401-781-1098 x29 Mixed media

Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum Loren Spears (Enrolled, Narragansett)

390 Summit Road Exeter, RI 02822 lorenspears@tomaquagmuseum.com 401-491-9063 Mixed Media