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Nellie Two Bear Gates
Nellie Two Bears Gates (b. 1854) is known for beadwork depicting the history and culture of the Yanktonai Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna Dakota people. [1]
Biography
[edit]She was the daughter of Chief Two Bears (Mato Nupa) of the Yanktonai Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna Dakota whose traditional land was between the James and Missouri Rivers in what is now North and South Dakota.[2] At the age of seven, Nellie was taken from her family and placed in a Catholic boarding school at St. Joseph, Missouri where she stayed for eleven years.[1] Nellie excelled academically and became fluent in English and French. In 1863 when she was nine and still away at school, her family’s village was attacked and destroyed at the Battle of Whitestone Hill. Her father Chief Two Bears was one of the signers of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) and settled at Standing Rock Reservation. [3]At 18 Nellie returned to live with her family at Standing Rock. S he reclaimed the Dakota language and Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna Dakota culture. [1]She married Frank Gates, a member of the Sihasapa.[3] Her daughters Josephine Gates Kelly was the tribal chair of Standing Rock Reservation from 1946 to 1951.[4] Her great-granddaughter is author Susan Power.[1]
Artwork
[edit]Glass seed beads on traditional objects like pipe bags and tipi bags and non-traditional items such valises. Abstraction and figuration. Historical events, reservation life, traditional ceremony
Notable works
[edit]Valise at Met
Valise at Minn
References
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[edit]racoon dog[5]
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| More Wikilove! Mgblck (talk) 21:23, 20 February 2018 (UTC) |
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very nice article, Gisela Falke von Lilienstei
if you don't mind, i will move it to article space shortly cheers Duckduckstop (talk) 19:34, 5 March 2016 (UTC) |
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 Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Dakhóta, United States, North America, Dance Blanket (Detail), 1840-50, Wool, silk, beads; needlework. The Robert J. Ulrich Works of Art Purchase Fund, 2007.1 Minneapolis Institute of Art | |
| When and Where | |
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| Date | Saturday, November 9, 2019 |
| Time | 11–4 pm CST |
| Address | Minneapolis Institute of Art 2400 Third Avenue South |
| City, State | Minneapolis, MN 55404 |
| Website | [1] |
| Map + parking | Directions, Maps, and Parking |
| On Facebook | [2] |
- ^ a b c d Powers, Susan; Ahlberg Yohe; Greeves (2019). ""Nellie Two Bear Gates: Chronicling History Through Beadwork"". Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Art. p. 193. ISBN 9780295745794.
- ^ "The First Female Native American to head a major tribe". Bismarck Tribune. March 28, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ a b "Splendid Heritage online museum of Native American Indian Artifacts". www.splendidheritage.com. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "The first female Native American to head a major tribe". Bismarck Tribune. March 28, 2010 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Smith, Mary (2020). All color pop up book of racoon dogs (test). Random House. p. 56.