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Andrea Ferber

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Fawn Douglas (Las Vegas Paiute Tribe), Nuwu Um-buh-gah, Learn Nuwu Deck #1, Southern Paiute Language Learning Flashcards (2024) and Kwee You Its! (2019)
Artist and activist Fawn Douglas created this deck of cards and game to contribute to Nuwu (Southern Paiute) language revitalization efforts. The flash cards focus on animals, birds, insects, and weather of the Mojave Desert, as well as people and cultural items such as elders, basket, gourd, and cradleboard. Kwee You Its translates to”whirlwind” in Southern Paiute.
Northern and Southern Paiute are part of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Like many Indigenous languages, they are critically endangered. Children forced to attend boarding schools were punished, sometimes severely, for speaking their native languages. One survivor recalled having pins put in her tongue.
Students at some Nevada high schools can take Paiute language classes for credit toward graduation, and in 2019 the University of Reno developed a Paiute language program.
@nuwuart @wsushawgallery #nuwu #paiute #indigenousdesign #nativedesign #greatbasinnativeartists #languagerevitalization by @andrealillianferber

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@twotribesart / @two_tribes_pottery @wsushawgallery Rowan Harrison (Isleta Pueblo/Diné) Mythological Bird Form (2026), Untitled Vase Form (2025), Atomic Blue Deck (2026) and Warm Petal Deck (2025), and package design for @oribe in Of This Place: Great Basin Neighbors, on view until Nov 20th. Rowan visited @weberstate to give a demo and talk. #greatbasinnativeartists #contemporaryart #nativeart #indigenousart #ceramics #skateboardart #pueblodesign by @andrealillianferber

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@karmasbrain (Paiute/Italian/Portuguese)
Tongobi hüdzama’ mía-wei (The clouds are moving slowly) (2025)
Pasükitü’ iona tsawu-nabuni-ti (The baskets from here are beautiful) (2024)
Kaw~aha (Remember) (2025)
Wutui-ti Taawano (Waiting for Spring) (2025)
Nüügwa io nana-wei (We will grow here) (2025)
acrylic on canvas

@wsushawgallery loan from and available @galleryhozho #painting #landscapes #contemporaryart #nativeart #greatbasinnativeartists by @andrealillianferber

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Jacqueline Rickard (Walker River Paiute), Birds, coiled willow with glass seed beads (2026) @wsushawgallery #greatbasinnativeartists #contemporaryart #americanart #nativeart #basketry …and the artist drove 10 hours to see the exhibit! 🦉 🦅 🕊️ by @andrealillianferber

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Fannie King (Diné), coiled sumac tray @wsushawgallery #americanart #contemporaryart #nativeart loan from @nevadaart by @andrealillianferber

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@greggdeal @wsushawgallery : The Place Where the Spirits Get Eaten (2026)
This towering installation visualizes the violence of assimilation. The residential “school” system was operated in a partnership between the federal government and select religious groups in the U.S. and Canada from 1879 to the early 2000s. Children were forcibly taken from their families to be “civilized” into settler-colonial lifestyles. Military institutions were the model. All cultural markers were erased: the children’s hair was cut, they wore uniforms, were subject to regimented schedules with marching and Christian worship services, were prohibited from speaking their native language, and often had no contact with their families for months or years. Abuse was rampant and many children died. Cultural genocide was the goal. As Barbara Welke explains, “the tools of civilization were themselves the instruments of acute suffering.” Mass graves are still being discovered today.

Teepugoobakwaetu Modu (Animals that Roam the Earth) (2023)
This cloak and accoutrements were created for a performance. The artist grappled with the question, What would Indigenous tradition, dress, and identity look like if Native people had been treated with dignity, respect, and trade rather than hostility and derision?
#installation #performance #contemporaryart #indigenousart #americanart by @andrealillianferber

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Topaz Jones McCoy @jonestopaz Once Upon a Time (2014) and Flowers for the Bees (2022), acrylic on canvas @wsushawgallery #contemporaryart #painting #indigenousart #nativeart #americanart by @andrealillianferber

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Linda Eben Jones (RISC Northern Paiute), Hummingbird with Flowers (2025) and Quail with Yellow Flowers (2026), deer hide, cloth, glass seed beads @wsushawgallery #greatbasinnativeartists #beadwork #americanart by @andrealillianferber

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@rhea_combs visited @wsushawgallery and gave an amazing talk about curatorial practice and community 🥰 So inspiring!!! @baltimoremuseumofart #socialpractice #curating by @andrealillianferber

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Loretta Burden (Fallon Paiute), Fish Trap, 2026, willow with mixed media @wsushawgallery #greatbasinnativeartists #indigenousart #nativeart #americanart #contemporaryart by @andrealillianferber

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@chelseabighorn Morning Star (2024) from the @clarkcollectionart and Black Fringe (2023), on view at @wsushawgallery : canvas with seed beads 😍 #textile #fiberart #nativeart #contemporaryart by @andrealillianferber

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Olla made from sumac by Diné artist Jeanne Begay. @navajo_basket_weaver Loan from the @nevadaart #indigenousart #navajo @wsushawgallery by @andrealillianferber

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