Description

Memory Circle Studio, [No date: circa 1994]. Spiral Bound, 23 pp.; 19 x 23 cm (oblong); printed on rectos only; 22 color plates of paintings with text; black-and-white photograph of artist on rear cover. In Good+ condition. White stiff card covers, black and blue illustration of mother and child to front, white wire spiral binding. Mild to moderate surface and edge wear, nick to cover at foot of spine, mild spotting, soiling, scuffing and toning to covers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in thick marker on inside front cover. Inside covers toned. Otherwise unmarked. Color reproductions of paintings by Dorothy Tidwell Sullivan (1939-2026), Oklahoma Cherokee artist named a Cherokee National Treasure in 2020, each with her text on the subject. Includes paintings on the Trail of Tears, the clans and Cherokee women. She Speaks For Her Clan, Best of Show at the Trail of Tears Art Show, depicts the Seven Honored Women using living Cherokee models, among them Principal Chief Wilma P. Mankiller, named in the dedication. Young Deer depicts Sullivan's great-great-great grandfather (1790-1828), with family history through the Dawes Rolls. Rear cover lists sources for tracing Cherokee ancestors and books on the Cherokee. Contents: She Speaks For Her Clan; War and Peace; Deer Clan Mother's Song; War Trail; Turtle Says Let Woman Dance; The Maiden's Prayer; Cherokee Wedding Song; Sisters; Wolf Clan Warriors; How Long Shall The Grass Grow and Rivers Flow?; Cherokee Tears; 1838, Safe For Now; Legend of the Cherokee Rose; He Traveled With Us and Called Many Names; After the Tears, New Hope; Lest We Forget; My Tear Dress Helps Me Remember; I Am Indian; Grandma's Lesson; Mothers of the Cherokee; Little Sister; Young Deer; Information on Clans.