Marlene Riding In Mameah Explained

Marlene Riding In Mameah
Native Name:Skau-doo-dau-deh-wau-dah[1]
Birth Name:Marlene Mary Riding In
Birth Date:5 March 1933
Birth Place:Payne County, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death Place:Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality:Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Education:Bacone College
Known For:Southern Plains German silverwork
Spouse:Charles Supernaw, Clayton Mameah

Marlene Riding In Mameah (March 5, 1933 – July 10, 2018) was a Pawnee Native American silversmith and painter.

Born Marlene Mary Riding In[2] in Payne County, Oklahoma, Mameah was a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.[3]

Education

Mameah attended Chilocco Indian School.[2] She then went to Bacone College, where she wished to study silver smithing. 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.[4] Her instructor was W. Richard West, Sr. (Southern Cheyenne)[5]

Art career

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.[6]

Mameah taught metalworking at Pawnee Nation College. She won numerous honors throughout her career, and in 2007 was named the Honored One of the Red Earth Festival.[4] Morning Star Ceremony is owned by the Philbrook Museum of Art.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marlene Riding In Mameah . Native American Artists Resource Collection Online . Heard Museum Bille Jane Baguly Library and Archives . July 24, 2018.
  2. Book: Patricia Janis Broder. Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women. December 10, 2013. St. Martin's Press. 978-1-4668-5972-2. 244.
  3. Web site: PRX » Transcripts. PRX - Public Radio Exchange. June 28, 2017.
  4. Web site: Artist's path leads to honors. June 1, 2007. June 28, 2017.
  5. Web site: Grand Council of 1842. postalmuseum.si.edu. June 28, 2017.
  6. Book: Lisa K. Neuman. Indian Play: Indigenous Identities at Bacone College. January 1, 2014. U of Nebraska Press. 978-0-8032-4945-5. 213–.