Judith: Your paintings are wonderful. Yes, I would love to see the one you said you could e-mail. I haven't had time to check out the museum in Mexico yet but did check out the other two. I seldom can afford art, single parent, but am sometimes asked about Indian artist. You will certainly will be recommend. If my budget every improve (I hope) I will just have to gift myself with one of your works. I love Indian art and yours are exceptional. Thank you for sharing, I so enjoyed looking at them. Dodie Judith Durr wrote: > Halito Dodie, > The museum work is for the state of Jalisco, Mexico in the Museum of History > and Anthropology in Mexico City. You will need to search for their site and > look for infomation there. I don't believe there is a site specific to the > work. I will try to e-mail you a photo, if you are interested, of a 4 foot > by 5 foot piece that's in the museum in Mexico. However, check out two > places on the net where my work is. 1) www.choctawnation.com Click on the > home page for Choctaw Artists and there is a picture of me and one of the > large paintings of Delaware Mocassins. I believe my address is there if you > want to contact me; and 2) www.jcgltd.com is Joan Cawley Gallery in > Scottsdale, Arizona who publishes and carries my work. Click, Artists, and > then click the arrow beside Tony Abeyta's name and there will be an > alpabetical listing of artists. Look for Judith Durr and click. My page > will pop up. This is a small sampling of my paintings and of the artifacts > used in my work. I research each piece and know lots of the artisans whos > work I recreate. The Heard Museum in Phoenix, archeologist and > anthropologist around the world have helped me with my work. I want to > maintain the heritage of each of the cultures I depict. > > Our heritage is interesting. I glad for this site. I learn by listening to > many of the people who visit here. It's been helpful to me. > > Judith > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dodie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Is there an "exact" answer > > >Judith: > >I'm Chahta/Chorokee/French. Thank you sooo much for the information. I > found it > >so very interesting. I don't guess the Museum you have work in would be on > line? > >I would really enjoy seeing some of your work. Sounds like you have the > perfect > >job, in my opinion. > >Thank you for sharing this with us. > >Dodie > > > >Judith Durr wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I'm mixed blood also and proud of my Choctaw / Cherokee heritage. When > >> people meet me, they question my heritage because of my looks. I'm light > >> brown haired, green eyed and with light skin(I let them know my father, > >> English/German is responsible my looks. My mother is dark skinned, black > >> haired and blue eyed. My grandparents, had the "Choctaw, Native > American, > >> First People" look. The Navajo people use the the term Dine', "The > People". > >> My Grandparents lived in Pond Creek, OK and moved to Arizona in the > 1934. > >> We were taught to respect all cultures and do the best we could possibly > do > >> to maintain ours. All of these terms are used to recognize and describe > who > >> we are to others for their understanding. I know who I am and am very > proud > >> of this. I prefer, Choctaw. However any of the other respectful terms > of > >> description will do. There will always be controversy even among > ourselves. > >> Respect for ourselves is most important. > >> > >> I'm an artist who work recreates paintings based in reseached information > of > >> North and South American artifacts. I'm not an expert, however I have to > >> research all the artifacts used in my paintings. I have done extensive > >> research with Archeologist from Mexico and Arizona on their projects. I > have > >> work in the Museum of History and Anthropology in Mexico City, Mexico. > >> Through my own research and some of the experts in the Anthropological > field > >> say there are similarities to the the Aztec culture with the artwork, the > >> burial sites, the ballgames, stories, ect. The ballgame and stories were > >> some of the areas that my research was focused on for work in the museum > in > >> Mexico. > >> > >> The "Mound People" are said to be desended from a similar culture. This > is > >> one area that I am interested in because of my heritage. The 5 tribes > and > >> possibly others came from them. The Aztec culture has been known to > reach > >> up into Arizona and New Mexico with the trade. Their trade routes were > >> extensive and some people forget that trade routes were in Canada, Mexico > >> and South America before Columbus ever set foot in the Americas. In > ruins > >> in Arizona, Gulf Coast shells and shell jewlery have been found in the > >> desert. We don't have an ocean in this area...Mexico is the closest. > This > >> is one example of trade. > >> > >> The Hopi and similar cultures have stories about migration to the 4 > >> directions. Their beginings seem to have connections to South America > and > >> Mexico. In the migration, they are to have traveled to the end of the > land > >> in all 4 directions. Canada is known as the back door in Hopi stories. > >> There are stories that say they went to get water from each direction and > >> then went to Oriabi, the center of the earth for them. This is > paraphased. > >> > >> Remember, that in stories, myth and legend, there is a kernal of truth... > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> Judith > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dodie <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > >> Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:02 AM > >> Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Is there an "exact" answer > >> > >> >I live in TX and get the same thing. I am mixed blood and people here > >> assume I am > >> >Mexican. I have been asked if I speak English many times and I do not > have > >> a real > >> >dark complexion. It is because we have a large Mexican population here > and > >> of > >> >course we are related to the Mexican people, so share many of the same > >> features. > >> >I read some where that the Chahta are/may be from the Aztec. Does anyone > >> else > >> >know of this? I think I read this somewhere on the net. I'm terrible > about > >> >finding something then forgetting to bookmark it. I too am very proud of > my > >> >Chahta blood and always say I am Chahta. > >> >Dodie > >> > > >> >[email protected] wrote: > >> > > >> >> Reading all these discussions about what we should call ourselves, I > was > >> >> reminded of what had happened to me recently. I was asked what > >> nationality > >> >> I am, to which I replied. "Choctaw". Their response was: "What's > >> that?" > >> >> I had to explain that I am a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma > >> while > >> >> living in SE Texas where most seem to assume that I am Hispanic by my > >> >> coloring. I do prefer to be called Choctaw over any other > nationality. > >> >> Trish > >> >> > >> >> ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > >> >> Choctaw Home Page: > >> >> http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.htm > >> > > >> > > >> >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > >> >To Unsubscribe: > >> >Send msg. to [email protected] > >> >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... 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