During the pandemic, we’ve lost friends and relatives who have been an integral and important part of the Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market and whom we could not properly mourn or give tribute to during the pandemic. It is also true that some of our Native tribal families have prohibitions against giving voice to the names of the friends and relations that we’ve lost. In the spirit of honoring them despite not naming them, we dedicate this page to their memories. Let us remember their deeds and humanity in our hearts and minds during the Indian Market days and the days to come.
They will all be mightily missed.
They will all be mightily missed.
One friend who may not be named had been a long-time contributor to the Pueblo Grande Museum and to the Indian Market. His contributions and guidance have enriched many lives, and we are grateful to have had the benefit of his knowledge, wisdom, and friendship.
One friend who shall be named is Angelina James, who participated in the Ki:Him area of the Indian Market. There she taught visitors about the importance of corn in the Hopi culture and taught visitors how corn was grown, stored, ground, and used. Visitors were also encouraged to use the museum’s metate stones to practice grinding corn as it was done historically. She also provided a modern version of a manual corn grinder for people to use.
She was known as Angelina, Ann or So’o, which in the Hopi language means grandmother. In fact, she even invited her one and only granddaughter, Ladonna Jacket, to help her with the demonstrations one year. Volunteering at the Indian Market was a family event as she was invited to participate at the Ki:him by her brother, Virgil James who was then serving as a Board Member of the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary_ the forerunner of Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum.
Angelina was a graduate of the New Mexico Highlands University having studied social work. Her background manifested itself in being a volunteer and Board Member of Disability 307. She often spoke up for all disabled people and led the effort to solve their individual issues.
She was known as Angelina, Ann or So’o, which in the Hopi language means grandmother. In fact, she even invited her one and only granddaughter, Ladonna Jacket, to help her with the demonstrations one year. Volunteering at the Indian Market was a family event as she was invited to participate at the Ki:him by her brother, Virgil James who was then serving as a Board Member of the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary_ the forerunner of Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum.
Angelina was a graduate of the New Mexico Highlands University having studied social work. Her background manifested itself in being a volunteer and Board Member of Disability 307. She often spoke up for all disabled people and led the effort to solve their individual issues.
Another long-time contributor and supporter of the Pueblo Grande Museum and Indian Market was Jesse Hummingbird. Jesse was the 2018 Featured Artist of the Indian Market. Jesse was ¾ Cherokee and was a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation. He was born in 1952 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He spent much of his childhood in the deep South but made frequent trips back to Oklahoma. His art education background consisted of studies at Watkins Institute, Middle Tennessee State University, The University of Tennessee and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He established himself as a full-time artist in 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; and turned his efforts to creating American Indian art. He pursued both Cherokee and other American Indian Themes in his acrylic paintings. He had won several awards at regional and national American Indian shows and museums including the Inter-Tribal Ceremonial, Heard Museum, and the Santa Fe Market. In 2017, Jesse Hummingbird was selected by the Cherolkee Nation as a Cherokee National Living Treasure.