How does Chipeta Trading support Native Artists?

We are often asked how Chipeta Trading supports Native Artists?  As collectors and dealers of Historic Native Arts, I am quite clear that we are simply curators and caretakers  of the “Peoples Belongings”.  It is our honor to create a safe place for this material to reside and to teach the history and craftsmanship that was needed to create such wonderful pieces of art.   Within our advertising it is important for us to use Indigenous models whenever possible to honor and respect their historical significance and at the same time to help further their careers.   As a proud adopted  Crow or Apsaalooke,  my name“baa halene diilii xiassaalaachish”  means to ”stand out among the others” and in order to live up to that important name I continue to work with and support Native causes through educational scholarships, mentoring, teaching and tribal participation.  The exhibition currently at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana “Apsaalooke Woman and Warriors” has allowed us to contribute a number of pieces from our personal collection to this monumental exhibit, showcasing the history of the Crow people from Creation to Today!  Our work with the Pretty Shield Foundation in Billings, Montana, the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM, and scholarships through the Institute of American Indian Art are just a few ways we touch Native lives!  To learn more about our support of Native Artists, and to join us in these important causes, please contact me at don@chipetatrading.com  Thanks again for reading our Blogs! AHO!