"EXCELLENCE IN IROQUOIS ART"
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 Stanley Hill, Mohawk antler sculptor, receives the first "Excellence in Iroquois Art" award from then Secretary of State and Museum Trustee, Gail Shaffer, in 1984.

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  "Turtle Island"
 

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Tuscarora stone sculptor, Joe Jacobs (shown with his family), was the second recipient of the "Excellence in Iroquois Art" awards in 1985.
 

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Peter B. Jones, Onondaga clay sculptor, became the third recepient of the "Excellence in Iroquois Art" award in 1990.

 

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"Bear"
 

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Tammy Tarbell-Boehning(shown with her father, Albert Tarbell) became the first woman to receive the "Excellence in Iroquois Art Award" in 1996. Tammy, a Mohawk sculptor, was the second clay sculptor to receive the award.

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"Grandmother Moon"

 

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Premier Mohawk basketmaker, Mary Adams, accepted her "Excellence in Iroquois Art" award in 1997.

 

 

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G. Peter Jemison, Seneca painter, accepts his "Excellence in Iroquois Art" award from Meg Levine, representative for NY State's Governor George Pataki in 1998.

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"Looking Back Now", 1998 

"Seneca Nation", 1989		 Carson R. Waterman, Seneca painter was awarded the "Excellence in Iroquois Arts" award in 2005.


Leigh Smith, Mohawk potter became the eighth recipient of the "Excellence in Iroquois Arts" award in November of 2007.