INSIDE NMAI


Jewelry by Liz Wallace (Navajo).


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Jewelry by Jared Chavez (San Felipe Pueblo).


ed,” he says, and his works, combined with the Museum’s mission, help advance that effort. Gutierrez says that often the patrons who come to the New York market are well versed in Native culture and they appreciate the works that they encounter. He is espe- cially proud that he will be attending with his godfather, Gregorio Bracamonte, because not only is he able to represent his culture, but also his family.


EVELYN BROOKS


There was a time when Evelyn Brooks (Ashaninkas) thought she would always have a career in the travel industry. In September 2001, Brooks worked for United Airlines as a ticketing agent. On September 10, she hap- pened to be traveling on United Flight 93 a day earlier than she was supposed to, due to a scheduling conflict with employee seating for the following day. On September 11, she watched, as a nation did, the tragedy that befell United 93. The gravity of being on that same plane the very day before changed her own trajectory forever. When the airlines cut back, Brooks was laid off, but upon a trip to her native Peru, she reconnected with jewelry designing, a craft that her family has practiced for decades. Though she works with a variety of pre- cious metals, a signature of much of Brooks’


48 AMERICAN INDIAN WINTER 2014


Paintings by Bennie (Yellowman) Nelson (Navajo).


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