The Iroquois Indian Festival takes place this weekend at the Iroquois Indian Museum in Hones Cave, New York.
From August 31 through September 2, enjoy Iroquois storytellers, performing artists, craft demonstrations, and native foods.
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Celebrate Indian Art
The Iroquois Indian Festival takes place this weekend at the Iroquois Indian Museum in Hones Cave, New York.
From August 31 through September 2, enjoy Iroquois storytellers, performing artists, craft demonstrations, and native foods.
Rather than a single people, the Iroquois are a federation of several tribes that once dominated the eastern United States and Canada. "Iroquois" is a name given by their enemies, so they generally prefer to call themselves "Haudenosaunee," meaning "people of the long house."
Today's portrait of chief Nót-to-way hails from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's extensive collection of works by artist George Catlin. By the time Catlin had painted this portrait in 1835, much of the Iroquois homeland in upstate New York had been ceded to land speculators.
Don't forget that our exhibition George Catlin and His Indian Gallery opens Friday, September 6, 2002!
Pictured: George Catlin, 1796–1872, Nót-to-way, a Chief, 1835-1836, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum, 29 x 24 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.