Marlene Riding In-Mameah

Marlene Mary Riding-in Mameah (born 1933) is a Native American silversmith and painter.

Born in Council Valley, Oklahoma,[1] Mameah is an elder of the Pawnee tribe.[2] Initially she attended Chilocco Indian School.[1] She then went to Bacone College, where she wished to study silversmithing. But the class was unavailable to women, and she was required to take painting classes instead; she later learned to work silver while working for a jeweler.[3] Her instructor was W. Richard West, Sr.[4] In 1950 her painting Morning Star Ceremony, submitted under the name "M. Riding Inn", received a prize of $150 in the Indian Annual's Plains division.[5] Mameah has taught metalworking at Pawnee Nation College. She has won numerous honors throughout her career, and in 2007 was named the Honored One of the Red Earth Festival.[3] Morning Star Ceremony is owned by the Philbrook Museum of Art.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Patricia Janis Broder (10 December 2013). Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women. St. Martin's Press. pp. 384–. ISBN 978-1-4668-5972-2.
  2. ↑ "PRX » Transcripts » Show". PRX - Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Artist's path leads to honors". 1 June 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Grand Council of 1842". postalmuseum.si.edu. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Lisa K. Neuman (1 January 2014). Indian Play: Indigenous Identities at Bacone College. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-8032-4945-5.
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