Wishing you a Dragonfly Day!

We have been adding new fetishes to our website Indian Summer Native American Art!  There are some beautiful new pieces...including the gorgeous shell dragonfly featured above by Zuni Fetish carver Clissa Martin!  The dragonfly is believed to bring  joy to those he comes to!  Hoping you get many visits from the dragonflies today and always!  Come take a peek at our new arrivals when you take a minute out of your busy summer days to relax....we look forward to hearing from you!  Wishing you much joy!

FATHER'S DAY SALE AT INDIAN SUMMER NATIVE AMERICAN ART....

CHECK OUT OUR NEW ARRIVALS AT INDIAN SUMMER NATIVE AMERICAN ART:  http://www.indiansummer.com/
WE ARE CURRENTLY FEATURING A "FATHER'S DAY" SALE.....PURCHASE ANY ONE ITEM OR ITEMS TOTALING $100.00 OR MORE AND INSTANTLY SAVE $20.00!  WE HAVE JUST ADDED OVER 50+ NEW FETISH CARVINGS TO OUR WEBSITE, SO WE HAVE A GREAT SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM!  COME AND VISIT....WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! THE BEAUTIFUL ANDRES QUANDELACY BISON SHOWN ABOVE IS JUST ONE OF OUR NEW CARVINGS AVAILABLE!  CHECK OUT THE SITE FOR MORE GOODIES....AND A SALE TO BOOT!

Wishing you all a happy and safe Memorial Day!

New Fetish Carvings at Indian Summer!

Fabulous Six Piece Directional Set by Legendary Zuni Fetish Carver Stewart Quandelacy

Mountain Lion ~ North  (Dolomite)

Bear ~ West  (Turquoise)

Badger ~ South  (Dolomite)

Mole ~ Underground  (Picasso Marble)

Wolf ~ East  (Mother of  Pearl/ Gold Lip)

Eagle ~ Sky  (Tijillite)

We've just added some great new Fetish Carvings to our website, including this gorgeous six piece Directional Set....And we've marked down some of our fetish carvings that we have had on our site for a while.....Lots of new items, and lots of bargains to enjoy!  Please come and visit us at

 Indian Summer Native American Art!  We look forward to hearing from you!

Pico and His Collection.......

Pico Nin COLLECTS toys.....He really enjoys his hobby! He used to "secretly" collect Beadwork...He thought the beadwork smelled just like a big rawhide chewie, and took great pleasure in chewing the beads off of his collection... So, after that.....he began to "secretly" collect Zuni fetish carvings....he really liked the ones carved from Antler....he thought they tasted just like a nice old bone to chew on.....LOL....So we found him a new hobby....one he takes great pleasure in....and that is collecting and surrounding himself with toys! He has decided that we should let our nice customers at Indian Summer buy our beadwork and our fetishes....he encourages all of you to collect and enjoy...and surround yourself with objects you love! You can find those treasures on our website "Indian Summer"....Pico says..."Just tell them Pico sent you" when you give us a call!

MARCH 20th.....FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

Happy First Day of Spring!  I remember always celebrating it on March 21st....not sure why all these "first" days of the seasons have changed to the 20th....going to have to look into that one....but hopefully Spring has sprung!  I plan to enjoy every moment of it, and hope you do as well!  Start your spring off with a new Fetish Carving... or Fetish Pendant..... check out our newly reduced "sale priced" carvings at Indian Summer !  We look forward to hearing from you!  Happy Spring!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wishing you a very happy St. Patty's Day! Hope your day is fun filled...with lots of yummy corned beef and cabbage.....and a wee bit of green beer! St. Patty's Day only rolls around once a year...so enjoy the day!

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
~Irish Blessing

Regal Eagles......

We are very lucky to live where we do...we have the beautiful Wasatch Mountains to the east of us....and the Great Salt Lake directly to the west of us. The Farmington Bay Bird Refuge is part of the Great Salt Lake...a small inlet of water where 100's of species of birds migrate to yearly, and call "home"....The most majestic birds that call this refuge "home" from December through March are the Bald Eagles. In the month of February, they estimate that there are at least 100 eagles....and sometimes up to 400 eagles that call Farmington Bay their winter home. This is a two minute drive from our home..or a short ten minute walk...these beautiful creatures are basically right in our own backyard! Today we drove down to take a look with Phyllis and Ellie....we spotted over 25 eagles perched in the dead trees that they love....and we saw many circling overhead....a good spotting day! One eagle was very content out in the water on an old piling....I'm sure it was getting it's fill of "the catch of the day"....If you live anywhere near Farmington, Utah....this is definitely worth the drive to see....how fortunate we are to experience these magnificent eagles so up close and personal! Hope you enjoy the photos!

New Fetish Carvings at Indian Summer.....

Hi! We've just BEAR-ly added some new Fetish carvings at Indian Summer!

You really OTTER take a peek at them....

We've got some real DILLIES......

They are all just PEACHY.....

We promise you won't be BOARed.....

We're going to BADGER you until....

You BISON-thing from our website.......

Tell your FRIENDS about it.......

And then come on over to Indian Summer...where Fetishes are our MANE thing!

A Special Tree With Lots of Memories.......

Wes and I started the tradition of having a Native American Christmas tree on our third Christmas after we were married...this was thirty five years ago! There really were not the ornaments available at that time that you see nowadays, so we made our own....I found a recipe for dough that you could "build" your ornaments with, and then it baked hard....we created our own Kachina ornaments that year, complete with sash belts and rattles...the works....all brightly painted and quite unique! We used them for years, adding to them as we would see actual Native American ornaments...we also made lots of brightly colored Ojo de Dios "Eyes of God" that were popular in the 70's.....over the years, we have picked up special ornaments from various potters, and beaders, and carvers....and our original little dough kachinas have been weeded out one by one as some have crumbled...or are missing their rattles, feathers, etc. But we do have them saved in our "Wounded Warriors" box, gently wrapped in tissue and tucked away safely...they are something I could never part with...too many memories of very happy times....sometime I will pull them out and do a post on just them! As Wes and I decorated the tree this year, we reminisced about years past and certain ornaments on the tree...when Phyllis and Liz were younger they would fight over who got to hang the little beaded girls and pretty yarn dolls on the tree...heavens...there were plenty of them, and by the time we finished, they were tired of doing it...but it always started out with a fight over who got to put the "dolls" on the tree! Our tree today, has an assortment of beaded men and ladies, pottery bells and angels, fetishes and kachinas, painted gourds, miniature Hopi rattles, Cochiti drums, Santo Domingo Storytellers...and much more....each one has a story, and I feel very peaceful and happy as I sit and gaze at a lifetime of memories on our very special Native American Christmas tree!

Indian Summer Christmas Tree......

A Christmas tree with handpainted Native American design ornaments seems only fitting for our Indian Summer office.....I love our new ornaments we have for it this year! The tree is covered in handpainted ornaments that were made for us by Rachel Harrison, a Laguna Pueblo artist and potter. You can see how talented she is with her fine line designs that do resemble pueblo pottery! There are dozens of them...some with fetishes, others have drums....there are shields, and feathers, and geometric designs....Yei figures, chile ristras, pueblo scenes and more! Pretty stars with silver bezel and turquoise stones catch the soft glow of the lights and create prisms on the tree! It is a wonderful tree, that is just right for Indian Summer! I love decorating with the Southwest art...it is just a way of life here in our home and office...a way of life that I really treasure and enjoy! We have lots more trees and rooms to decorate.....all with different themes, mainly Native American...but of course!!! ~LOL~ Hope you are all having fun with your decorating as well! We would enjoy any picture shares!

Hopi "Cold Bringing Woman"....

Horo Mana, Mason Wuhti, Yohazro Wuhti "Cold Bringing Woman". This Hopi Kachina usually appears during Powamu on First Mesa, AZ. Her function is to bring the cold to the Hopi, just as does the Nuvak'chin Mana. She carries yucca whips and messes up people's hair, much like the winter winds. Dolls in her effigy are quite unusual! Just as we have brought her to Indian Summer...she has been true to her name and brought the cold weather to us! (Thank goodness she hasn't messed my hair up too badly yet!) If you enjoy Kachinas, please check out our great assortment at Indian Summer Native American Art, and be sure to wear a warm jacket..oh, and bring a comb! ~LOL~

Goodbye to our "Indian Summer"......

Hello Winter!
You look awfully pretty today, with the pine tress dusted in the new fallen snow....but I am going to be SO sick of you by next May....and sometimes you hang around that long! You are not supposed to be here "officially" until December 21st.....will you give us a little break???? Pretty please!

Clowning and Horsing Around.....

Zuni Hano Clowns by Jody Booqua.....

Beaded Ponies and the Old Grey Mare....Hollie Booqua (Zuni)

Feisty and Fancy Horses by Zuni artist Faron Gahachu....

Rodeo Clown...and the "KING" by Hollie Booqua....."I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear!"

Check out our website Indian Summer Native American Art and you will have a fun time looking through our newly added beaded items...lots of new Hano clowns, and prancing ponies....and even a beaded Elvis Teddy Bear! We hope you'll drop in for a visit...where you will be treated like a KING! (or Queen!)