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| name = Jeri Ah-be-hill |
| name = Jeri Ah-be-hill |
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| image = Jeri_Ah-be-hill.jpg |
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| birth_name = Geraldine Fuller |
| birth_name = Geraldine Fuller |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|09|23}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|09|23}} |
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| birth_place = [[Apache, Oklahoma]] |
| birth_place = [[Apache, Oklahoma]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|03|11|1933|09|23}} |
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|03|11|1933|09|23}} |
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| death_place = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] |
| death_place = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] |
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| nationality = [[Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma]], American |
| nationality = [[Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma]], American |
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| other_names = Jeri Greeves, Jeri Fuller Ahbe-hill |
| other_names = Jeri Greeves, Jeri Fuller Ahbe-hill |
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| occupation = businesswoman, Native American apparel collector, docent and curator |
| occupation = businesswoman, Native American apparel collector, docent, and curator |
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| years_active = 1965–2015 |
| years_active = 1965–2015 |
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| children = [[Teri Greeves]]<br>[[Keri Ataumbi]] |
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'''Jeri Ah-be-hill''' (September 23, 1933 – March 11, 2015) was a [[Kiowa]] fashion expert and art dealer. She owned and operated a trading post on the [[Wind River Indian Reservation]] for more than twenty years before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she became the curator of the annual Native American Clothing Contest held at the [[Santa Fe Indian Market]]. She also worked as a [[docent]] at both the [[Institute of American Indian Arts]] and the [[Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian]]. Considered an expert on Native American fashion, she traveled nationally presenting educational information about tribal clothing. |
'''Jeri Ah-be-hill''' (September 23, 1933 – March 11, 2015) was a [[Kiowa]] fashion expert and art dealer. She owned and operated a trading post on the [[Wind River Indian Reservation]] for more than twenty years before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she became the curator of the annual Native American Clothing Contest held at the [[Santa Fe Indian Market]]. She also worked as a [[docent]] at both the [[Institute of American Indian Arts]] and the [[Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian]]. Considered an expert on Native American fashion, she traveled nationally presenting educational information about tribal clothing. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Geraldine Fuller was born on September 23, 1933{{#tag:ref|Several published sources give her birth year as 1934;{{sfn|Berardinelli Family Funeral Service|2015}}{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} however, given that she was born in September and appears on the 1934 Kiowa-Comanche Census which was taken April 1, 1934, the date on the census appears to be more accurate.{{sfn|U.S. Indian Census|1934|p=209}}|group="Notes"}} in [[Apache, Oklahoma]] to Sarah (née Ataumbi) and Earl Fuller. Her mother was a member of the [[Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma]], and her father was a member of the [[Comanche Nation]].{{sfn|U.S. Indian Census|1934|p=209}}{{sfn|Berardinelli Family Funeral Service|2015}}{{sfn|''The Oklahoman''|1991}} She was a great-niece of the noted Kiowa artist [[Silver Horn]].{{sfn|Silverman|1995|p=42}} Fuller studied at [[American Indian boarding schools|Riverside Indian School]] in [[Anadarko, Oklahoma|Anadarko]],{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} becoming involved in Native American apparel when she was asked to model in 1951 at the fashion show of the [[Peoria, Illinois]] Indian Arts and Crafts Association. From the age of twenty-one, she wore nothing but American Indian-inspired clothing.{{sfn|Golar|2015}} She attended courses at the [[University of Oklahoma]] in the early 1950s, before moving to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], where she worked at [[McQuay-Norris]].{{sfn|McGuire|1981|p=2J}} In 1954, Fuller married Richard Greeves, an artist and the couple moved to [[Fort Washakie, Wyoming]], where Jeri set up a studio on the [[Wind River Indian Reservation]].{{sfn|Haywood|2015}}{{sfn|Golar|2015}} |
Geraldine Fuller was born on September 23, 1933{{#tag:ref|Several published sources give her birth year as 1934;{{sfn|Berardinelli Family Funeral Service|2015}}{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} however, given that she was born in September and appears on the 1934 Kiowa-Comanche Census which was taken April 1, 1934, the date on the census appears to be more accurate.{{sfn|U.S. Indian Census|1934|p=209}}|group="Notes"}} in [[Apache, Oklahoma]] to Sarah (née Ataumbi) and Earl Fuller. Her mother was a member of the [[Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma]], and her father was a member of the [[Comanche Nation]].{{sfn|U.S. Indian Census|1934|p=209}}{{sfn|Berardinelli Family Funeral Service|2015}}{{sfn|''The Oklahoman''|1991}} She was a great-niece of the noted Kiowa artist [[Silver Horn]].{{sfn|Silverman|1995|p=42}} Fuller studied at [[American Indian boarding schools|Riverside Indian School]] in [[Anadarko, Oklahoma|Anadarko]],{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} becoming involved in Native American apparel when she was asked to model in 1951 at the fashion show of the [[Peoria, Illinois]] Indian Arts and Crafts Association. From the age of twenty-one, she wore nothing but American Indian-inspired clothing.{{sfn|Golar|2015}} She attended courses at the [[University of Oklahoma]] in the early 1950s, before moving to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], where she worked at [[McQuay-Norris]].{{sfn|McGuire|1981|p=2J}} In 1954, Fuller married Richard Greeves, an artist and the couple moved to [[Fort Washakie, Wyoming]], where Jeri set up a studio on the [[Wind River Indian Reservation]].{{sfn|Haywood|2015}}{{sfn|Golar|2015}} They had their two daughters [[Teri Greeves|Teri]] (born 1970){{sfn|McFadden|Taubman|2005|p=27}} and [[Keri Ataumbi|Keri]] (born 1971),{{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|1990|p=15}}{{sfn|McGuire|1981|p=2J}} who would both become noted Native American artists.{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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In 1965, |
In 1965, Fuller established a gallery and trading post for American Indian arts and crafts. She also began collecting Native American apparel.{{sfn|Haywood|2015}}{{sfn|Golar|2015}}{{sfn|Cook-Romero|2005|p=Z027}} Though it was unusual for an American Indian woman to operate a business at that time,{{sfn|Cook-Romero|2005|p=Z027}} Fuller had wanted to find ways to help Native artists promote their work since she was a child.{{sfn|Golar|2015}} Many of the works she carried featured the [[beadwork]] of the nearby [[Arapaho]] and [[Shoshone]] artists, but she carried a wide variety of arts and crafts made by diverse indigenous Americans.{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} She began giving fashion shows to showcase various examples of tribal dress.{{sfn|''The Jackson Hole News and Guide''|1971|p=21}}{{sfn|''The Jackson Hole News''|1977|p=6}} She operated the trading post until her divorce in 1988 and then relocated to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]].{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} |
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Fuller volunteered at the Indigenous Language Institute and worked at both the [[Institute of American Indian Arts]] and the [[Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian]], as a docent.{{sfn|Haywood|2015}} In 1990, she legally changed her name to Jeri Ah-be-hill{{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|1990|p=15}} and began working at Arrowsmith's Gallery, providing year-round fashion exhibitions.{{sfn|Eauclaire|1993|p=68}} Ah-be-hill did not see herself as an artist, but rather someone who had gained knowledge from buying for many years{{sfn|Cook-Romero|2005|p=Z027}} and who could educate others about Native American dance regalia and historical clothing.{{sfn|Eauclaire|1993|p=68}} In 1991, she was elected to the board of directors for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA){{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|1991|p=15}} and began directing the fashion show and contest for the [[Santa Fe Indian Market]].{{sfn|Eauclaire|1993|p=68}} Ah-be-hill was quick to point out the differences in Native fashions from more mainstream clothing. They were not "[[costumes]]", which she equated to [[dress-up]] games, but rather culturally significant clothing and often handmade in tribally specific styles.{{sfn|Eauclaire|1993|p=68}}{{sfn|Templeman |2002|p=74-75}} Over the years that she directed the fashion contest, she saw an increase in contemporary design, which was judged in a separate category.{{sfn|Schoenberg|2012|p=28}}{{sfn|Templeman |2002|p=74-75}} After seventeen years of directing the popular style show at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Ah-be-hill stepped aside as chair in 2008, but continued to serve as an event advisor.{{sfn|Haywood|2015}}{{sfn|Schoenberg|2012|p=28}} |
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Ah-Be-Hill co-wrote "As Long As I Can Thread a Needle: Southern Plains Beadworkers and Their Art" with Charles J. Lohrmann in ''Native Peoples'' magazine (Summer 1992).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ah Be Hill |first1=Jeri |last2=Lohrmann |first2=Charles J. |title=As Long As I Can Thread a Needle: Southern Plains Beadworks and Their Art |journal=Native Peoples |date=Summer 1995 |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=10–18}}</ref> |
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When she was not involved with the Indian Market, Ah-be-hill traveled widely presenting educational talks on Native fashions both throughout the United States and internationally.{{sfn|Olmstead|2008|p=20}} She also curated events such as the [[Smithsonian Museum of Natural History]] traveling exhibit on [[Silver Horn]], which toured the country in 1995 and included pieces from her collection of her great-uncle, Silver Horn's work.{{sfn|Silverman|1995|p=42}} In 2010, she served as a Native representative for the Caen Festival of [[Normandy]], France.{{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|2010|p=C005}} In 2011, she was the recipient of the Povi’ka Award of the Santa Fe Indian Market in recognition of her leadership and support to Native American artists and communities.{{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|2011|p=Z072}}{{sfn|''The Albuquerque Journal''|2011|p=38}} |
When she was not involved with the Indian Market, Ah-be-hill traveled widely presenting educational talks on Native fashions both throughout the United States and internationally.{{sfn|Olmstead|2008|p=20}} She also curated events such as the [[Smithsonian Museum of Natural History]] traveling exhibit on [[Silver Horn]], which toured the country in 1995 and included pieces from her collection of her great-uncle, Silver Horn's work.{{sfn|Silverman|1995|p=42}} In 2010, she served as a Native representative for the Caen Festival of [[Normandy]], France.{{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|2010|p=C005}} In 2011, she was the recipient of the Povi’ka Award of the Santa Fe Indian Market in recognition of her leadership and support to Native American artists and communities.{{sfn|''The Santa Fe New Mexican''|2011|p=Z072}}{{sfn|''The Albuquerque Journal''|2011|p=38}} |
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==Death and legacy== |
==Death and legacy== |
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Ah-be-hill died on March 11, 2015 in Santa Fe.{{sfn|Berardinelli Family Funeral Service|2015}} Between 2014 and 2016, an exhibit held honoring Native American women artists, featured part of the collection of Jeri Ah-be-hill, and works by Margarete Bagshaw, and [[Josephine Myers-Wapp]] and were displayed at the [[Museum of Indian Arts and Culture]] (MIAC) in Santa Fe. The three were honored in 2016 by the MIAC for [[Women's History Month]].{{sfn|Jacobs|2016}} |
Ah-be-hill died on March 11, 2015, in Santa Fe.{{sfn|Berardinelli Family Funeral Service|2015}} Between 2014 and 2016, an exhibit held honoring Native American women artists, featured part of the collection of Jeri Ah-be-hill, and works by Margarete Bagshaw, and [[Josephine Myers-Wapp]] and were displayed at the [[Museum of Indian Arts and Culture]] (MIAC) in Santa Fe. The three were honored in 2016 by the MIAC for [[Women's History Month]].{{sfn|Jacobs|2016}} |
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==Notes== |
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Jeri Ah-be-hill | |
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Born | Geraldine Fuller September 23, 1933 |
Died | March 11, 2015 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, American |
Other names | Jeri Greeves, Jeri Fuller Ahbe-hill |
Occupation(s) | businesswoman, Native American apparel collector, docent, and curator |
Years active | 1965–2015 |
Children | Teri Greeves Keri Ataumbi |
Jeri Ah-be-hill (September 23, 1933 – March 11, 2015) was a Kiowa fashion expert and art dealer. She owned and operated a trading post on the Wind River Indian Reservation for more than twenty years before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she became the curator of the annual Native American Clothing Contest held at the Santa Fe Indian Market. She also worked as a docent at both the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Considered an expert on Native American fashion, she traveled nationally presenting educational information about tribal clothing.
Early life
[edit]Geraldine Fuller was born on September 23, 1933[Notes 1] in Apache, Oklahoma to Sarah (née Ataumbi) and Earl Fuller. Her mother was a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and her father was a member of the Comanche Nation.[3][1][4] She was a great-niece of the noted Kiowa artist Silver Horn.[5] Fuller studied at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko,[2] becoming involved in Native American apparel when she was asked to model in 1951 at the fashion show of the Peoria, Illinois Indian Arts and Crafts Association. From the age of twenty-one, she wore nothing but American Indian-inspired clothing.[6] She attended courses at the University of Oklahoma in the early 1950s, before moving to St. Louis, Missouri, where she worked at McQuay-Norris.[7] In 1954, Fuller married Richard Greeves, an artist and the couple moved to Fort Washakie, Wyoming, where Jeri set up a studio on the Wind River Indian Reservation.[2][6] They had their two daughters Teri (born 1970)[8] and Keri (born 1971),[9][7] who would both become noted Native American artists.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1965, Fuller established a gallery and trading post for American Indian arts and crafts. She also began collecting Native American apparel.[2][6][10] Though it was unusual for an American Indian woman to operate a business at that time,[10] Fuller had wanted to find ways to help Native artists promote their work since she was a child.[6] Many of the works she carried featured the beadwork of the nearby Arapaho and Shoshone artists, but she carried a wide variety of arts and crafts made by diverse indigenous Americans.[2] She began giving fashion shows to showcase various examples of tribal dress.[11][12] She operated the trading post until her divorce in 1988 and then relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2]
Fuller volunteered at the Indigenous Language Institute and worked at both the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, as a docent.[2] In 1990, she legally changed her name to Jeri Ah-be-hill[9] and began working at Arrowsmith's Gallery, providing year-round fashion exhibitions.[13] Ah-be-hill did not see herself as an artist, but rather someone who had gained knowledge from buying for many years[10] and who could educate others about Native American dance regalia and historical clothing.[13] In 1991, she was elected to the board of directors for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA)[14] and began directing the fashion show and contest for the Santa Fe Indian Market.[13] Ah-be-hill was quick to point out the differences in Native fashions from more mainstream clothing. They were not "costumes", which she equated to dress-up games, but rather culturally significant clothing and often handmade in tribally specific styles.[13][15] Over the years that she directed the fashion contest, she saw an increase in contemporary design, which was judged in a separate category.[16][15] After seventeen years of directing the popular style show at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Ah-be-hill stepped aside as chair in 2008, but continued to serve as an event advisor.[2][16]
Ah-Be-Hill co-wrote "As Long As I Can Thread a Needle: Southern Plains Beadworkers and Their Art" with Charles J. Lohrmann in Native Peoples magazine (Summer 1992).[17]
When she was not involved with the Indian Market, Ah-be-hill traveled widely presenting educational talks on Native fashions both throughout the United States and internationally.[18] She also curated events such as the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History traveling exhibit on Silver Horn, which toured the country in 1995 and included pieces from her collection of her great-uncle, Silver Horn's work.[5] In 2010, she served as a Native representative for the Caen Festival of Normandy, France.[19] In 2011, she was the recipient of the Povi’ka Award of the Santa Fe Indian Market in recognition of her leadership and support to Native American artists and communities.[20][21]
Death and legacy
[edit]Ah-be-hill died on March 11, 2015, in Santa Fe.[1] Between 2014 and 2016, an exhibit held honoring Native American women artists, featured part of the collection of Jeri Ah-be-hill, and works by Margarete Bagshaw, and Josephine Myers-Wapp and were displayed at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) in Santa Fe. The three were honored in 2016 by the MIAC for Women's History Month.[22]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c Berardinelli Family Funeral Service 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Haywood 2015.
- ^ a b U.S. Indian Census 1934, p. 209.
- ^ The Oklahoman 1991.
- ^ a b Silverman 1995, p. 42.
- ^ a b c d Golar 2015.
- ^ a b McGuire 1981, p. 2J.
- ^ McFadden & Taubman 2005, p. 27.
- ^ a b The Santa Fe New Mexican 1990, p. 15.
- ^ a b c Cook-Romero 2005, p. Z027.
- ^ The Jackson Hole News and Guide 1971, p. 21.
- ^ The Jackson Hole News 1977, p. 6.
- ^ a b c d Eauclaire 1993, p. 68.
- ^ The Santa Fe New Mexican 1991, p. 15.
- ^ a b Templeman 2002, p. 74-75.
- ^ a b Schoenberg 2012, p. 28.
- ^ Ah Be Hill, Jeri; Lohrmann, Charles J. (Summer 1995). "As Long As I Can Thread a Needle: Southern Plains Beadworks and Their Art". Native Peoples. 6 (4): 10–18.
- ^ Olmstead 2008, p. 20.
- ^ The Santa Fe New Mexican 2010, p. C005.
- ^ The Santa Fe New Mexican 2011, p. Z072.
- ^ The Albuquerque Journal 2011, p. 38.
- ^ Jacobs 2016.
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- Eauclaire, Sally (19 August 1993). "Clothing Show Shows the Finest". Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 68. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- Golar, Stacy (16 August 2015). "Jeri Ah-be-hill Story". Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. Z053. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- Haywood, Phaedra (13 March 2015). "Jeri Ah-be-hill, 1934–2015: Indigenous fashion aficionado was 'a giant in honoring her native culture'". Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- Jacobs, Alex (April 28, 2016). "Honoring Native Women Every Day at the Museum of Indian Art and Culture". New York City, New York: Indian Country Media Network. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- McFadden, David Revere; Taubman, Ellen Napiura (2005). Contemporary Native North American art from the West, Northwest & Pacific. New York, New York: Museum of Arts & Design. ISBN 1-890385-11-5.
- McGuire, John M. (24 May 1981). "The White 'Indian': Preserving a Culture in Bronze (pt. 1)". St. Louis, Missouri: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 1J. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com. and McGuire, John M. (24 May 1981). "Richard Greeves (pt. 2)". St. Louis, Missouri: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 2J. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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- Silverman, Jason (13 January 1995). "Illuminating the legend of the Kiowa trickster". Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 42. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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- "SWAIA to honor contributions to Native culture". Albuquerque, New Mexico: The Albuquerque Journal. 15 May 2011. p. 38. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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