TM Catalog 2007 Hand Wrought Silver and other Art using Traditional Algonquian: (Abenaki, Lenape, Shawnee), Native Newfoundland, and  Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Inspired Designs in Copper, Silver, Bone and Wood by Paul René Tamburro, "Môjassadop Spiwi Pakholigan" (Began With a Drum) ---------- Earrings Pendants Necklaces Broaches Bracelets Gorgets Special Orders Other            Stuff ------------ Workshops Available: This past academic year Andrea was Wellness Coordinator for Thompson Rivers University.  She is continuing to provide Wellness Workshops as of Summer 2007.  These include an incorporation of Indigenous North American  perspectives.  This work draws from her years of experience as a social worker (MSW) and university educator (Ed.D-ABD).  She is currently working on her Doctoral dissertation in Education and has flexibility in her schedule to meet with groups, businesses, organizations and individuals.  Paul is also available for most workshops and consulting if this can be scheduled away from class time (he is teaching Fall semester 2007 on Monday, Tuesday and Friday).  Workshops include: Balanced approach to self-care: Medicine Wheel approach including Physical, Social/Emotional, Cognitive/Psychological and Spiritual aspects of wellness. As well as: Prevention v     Growth and Primary Prevention: Safety: physical and emotional Reduce exposure to hazards Increase coping & problem solving skills Increase support Resolving dilemmas v     Secondary Prevention - Some difficulty or dilemma has happened Deal with the situation effectively  Wellness can play an important role as a buffer cushioning  the difficulties  Prevent long-term difficulties  Restore a sense of wellbeing  Based on the work of Hoff, L. (2001) People in Crisis v     Recovery Person has experienced the effects of trauma Focus on recovery and growth Overcome adversity Develop new strengths & confidence Reduce the long-term difficulties Move from surviving to thriving Based on the work of Hoff, L. (2001) People in Crisis  Stress Management & Burnout workshop: What is stress? STRESS is the uncomfortable gap between how we would like our life to be & how it actually is. Fight, Flight, Freeze.  Recognising, Preventing, and Addressing Burnout Difficulty dealing with personal and job issues Emotionally exhausted or fatigued, withdraws emotionally from clients Compassion fatigue Generalized discomfort Feels less able to achieve or accomplish as much as could in the past Symptoms differ among individuals but may include exhaustion, increased absenteeism, cynicism, detachment from work, feeling ineffective on the job, depression, physical ailments, isolation, poor sleeping and eating habits, and increased reliance on alcohol, caffeine, or cigarettes. Wellness Plan including Social/Emotional – self & others Psychological/cognitive Spiritual Physical  Creating a culture of caring at work What would that be like? What would help? How will you know if it is improving? How would you like it to be by the end of the month?  End of next month? End of the season?  End of next season? Some activities include: Meditation and drumming Cognitive discussion and critical thinking Progressive Relaxation Other topics on request Indigenous Cultural and Art Workshops: Paul worked as an artist-in residence for many during the 1980s teaching traditional art and crafts in many schools, art museums and camps.  He also provided cultural and social service consultation to agencies and social organizations.  He is still available to provide consultation and workshops on a limited basis throughout the year. Current Information:  Paul earned his Ph.D. (Anthropology) through Indiana University. He is an Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia.  He was hired to aborigonalize the Social Work Program .   His published dissertation on the mixed racial is now available through Proquest UMI website.  His current research is in the Algonquian Languages and Art as part of First Nations/Native American Indian studies. His dissertation topic was the continued identification as American Indians, over the past 200 years, of the mixed racial peoples resident in the Ohio Valley (Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Illinois).  The performance or representation of the identity has changed over time according to what images were available in the popular culture as well as family oral traditions.  However, rather tan being "wannabees", imposters or "phony Indians" as some writers have asserted - their is and ongoing continuous identification as a a Native people similar to the Métis of Canada. The term often used in the region today for mixed -blood Indians is 'Melungion' and even sometimes 'metis'. The dissertation title is: Ohio Valley Native Americans Speak: Indigenous Discourse on the Continuity of Identity. (c) 2006. Historical Information:   Paul's art is inspired by his Indian and French Ancestors and is a contemporary expression of traditional Algonquian and Iroquoian style art.  Click the images below to see a better picture of one of Paul's ancestors Maria Ash Pike of Onondaga and Algonquian ancestry, born in Newfoundland.   Our tribal connections included Onondaga, Algonquian (according to my grandmother Carrie Webber and her cousin Helen Smith) and "Southern Algonquian" (Shawnee and Lenape/Nanticoke) and Beothuk (according to cousins in Newfoundland - but we seem to also have many Micmac and Abenaki connections here too- ).  Recently Inuit has been added to the list because of some Inuit / Pike connections from Labrador.  During Paul's youth in the 1960's and 70's he spent time learning with Woodland Indian artist such as Tom Two Arrows (Lenape/Onondaga) and Harold Tantaquidgeon (Mohegan).  These years were also spent with Paul spending most of his available time in the newly developing "pow-wow circuit" in the Northeast which was inspired by Plains Indian style music and dance.  During this time Paul sang with Ponca (Oklahoma), Lakota style drums.  He also sang with northeastern singers from New York and Canada.  (More on Paul's education and recent background is found below). Some personal pictures:          (1st photo) Maria Ash Pike around 1870 a Native Newfoundlander, moved to Boston 1870's.  Stories vary about the ancestry mix but include Algonquian (said to be "southern" Shawnee and Delaware moved north after the Revolution), Beothuk, Abenaki/ Miq'ma & Onondaga.  These may all have truth because our family was clearly living on various Islands and traveled around Labrador, Newfoundland and the St. Laurence River as far back to before 1800 in our oral tradition.  In several generations of marriages there were several First Nations incorporated into our family it seems. (2nd photo) Paul with two Abenaki elders Cecile Wawanolett and Molly Keating at Odanak, PQ 1997. Paul worked with the Abenaki  language.  Molly passed on in 2003 and Cecile in October 2006.  Paul hopes to continue working with Abenaki and is still working with several other Fist Nations languages including Shuswap, Shawnee and Cree.  For info on Abenaki today see Cecile's son's (Eli) website- (3rd photo) Al Merritt at Mashpee Pow-wow 1928, emphasized our Algonquian ancestral culture by attending Native events after our family moved to the US.  (4th photo) Helen Merritt Smith with my sister Mary Elizabeth Tamburro 1982.  My sister died in 1985 and Helen 5 years later. Helen was Al's sister but said we had our matrilineal Bear Clan Onondaga ancestry also.  My understanding is that some of our family were "southern" Algonquians that mixed with Onondagas traveling to and from Newfoundland.  It seems that all family travel was by boat and canoe.  Some of the family boat trips went big distances.  There was some conjecture that after the revolutionary war refugees Algonquians from the south moved to Canada and Newfoundland and ended up in the mix. After this, many family members married into the Mohawks (especially the Hill branch of the family) and the Micmacs (especially those who stayed in Newfoundland).  There is a story among some of my Newfoundland cousins that we also have mixed Beothuck ancestry.  But in the 20th Century my family identified as mixed Algonquian and Onondaga depending on the family member.  Part of my family enrolled with the Abenaki of Vermont fulfilled the connection to our Algonquian heritage, as did my current enrollment with the Piqua Shawnee of Alabama (both through my wife's Shawnee heritage and my Algonquian ancestors).  These Eastern Woodland cultural influences (as well Bear Clan emphasis) on my First Nations designs plus my heritage of French artists from my family - all have contributed to my expression of contemporary American Indian artwork.  As you see, I use many turtles and bears- both important Eastern Native art  symbolically.  Also, I was influenced in art by my great-grandfather who was a French artist and his daughter Madeline who was also an artist.  My great-grandfather deQuelin used many religious symbols in his art and decoration. I also incorporates meaning into the symbols into his art, such as the double curves representing fiddle-heads and therefore, new life, the heart represents the strawberries we pick on the way to heaven on the milky-way path, in combination these remind us to look to our ancestors as well as our future generations.  The turtle with the 13 squares on the back reminds us of the 13 moons reflected in the heavens while we live on this turtle island and that there is also a third world under us.  The bear reminds us of healing since it gathers herbs and medicine plants and that life is renewed because the bear goes into and comes out hibernation.  There are meanings in the other symbols also. Paul is the great-grandson of French artist René T. de Quelin, head of Interior Design at Tiffany Studios 1895-1903.  One painting below is of a Stain Glass window he designed for Tiffany which won an Imperial Gold Medal from the Emperor of Japan in 1911.  We have a bronze copy of the medal he was awarded but have no idea where the gold one went!  We also have a bronze medal by deQuelin commemorating John Charles Fremont.  René de Quelin worked for both Augustus St. Gaudens and Louis C. Tiffany.  We have original letters from both of these artists to my great grandfather in our collection.  We have original sketches of stain glass windows which must be in some churches throughout this country and would like to be contacted by anyone who has information on his art.  He also did sculptures and many water colors.  We will be adding these that we have in our collection and hope to find many more. René deQuelin is listed as one of the associated artists at St. Gaudens National Park in Cornish N.H.  As of yet little has been published about this artist and we invite potential authors to contact us, as we would like to provide more information to the public.  One recent contributor of information was the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, New York.  His art is spread across this country, France Canada and Japan.  He maintained studios in Chicago, New York, Conn., Japan and California between the years of 1875 and 1925. He was one of the designers of exhibits of the Chicago 1892 Columbian Exposition and submitted a design for the a casket of Columbus (an irony considering that several branches my other ancestors are American Indian and one Italian!)                                      Rene T. de Quelin Mt. Vernon, NY around 1900 and in Japan around 1910       First is the Window winning the Gold Medal of Japan 1911, next are various stain glass   windows for Tiffany Studios and documentation about Rene Theophile deQuelin.     Above are several other pictures including one of Shinto Shrine and the "Stern House window". Paul has PhD in Anthropology from Indiana University as well as three Master's Degrees (Linguistics, Social Work and Anthropology). He is currently teaching at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC.  He was Director of the Reservation Based Program at The Evergreen State College in Washington State and was teaching in the Anthropology and MSW programs at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He has also taught social work, cultural diversity, and anthropology at Heritage College on the Yakama Nation, in Washington. Cultural workshops:  Learning about his Indian heritage was an essential part of growing up for Paul.  He continues to share these experiences with children and adults.  He has done Eastern Woodland cultural workshops in New England, the Midwest and West Coast. Consultation: Paul provides consultation in a variety of areas including First Nations Culture, Art and languages, Cultural Diversity, rebuilding Native heritage and communities, Native American historic and current identity.  Andrea Tamburro, MSW, Ed.D (ABD) is also enrolled with the Piqua Shawnee Tribe who are state recognized by commission in Alabama and in by proclamation in Kentucky.  Andrea's ancestor, William Hutton was with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show for four years.  Andrea's branch of the family lived most recently in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.  Click on the image to see a better image of William Hutton and his son:    Andrea is a Education Doctoral Candidate through Simon Fraser University.   Paul René and Andrea are enrolled in the Piqua Shawnee (state recognized tribe for purposes of the US Indian Arts and Crafts Act). Paul has been learning and creating traditional art work since he was a child. Much of his work is inspired by traditional designs of the Eastern Woodland including Wôbenaki ('People  of the East' or 'Dawn'), Shawnee, and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Peoples. He is inspired also by his his French artist ancestors his great-grandfather René T. deQuelin and his grandmother Madeline deQuelin Tamburro. The name 'Sunrise Drum' is a simplified version of Paul's Indian name. Andrea is most inspired by the material culture of the mid-western and southern Shawnee, Lenape, Mingo and Cherokee.  Paul's mark used on all of his art pieces is similar to the logo at the top - sunrise around a drum - this reminds him of some of his Native ancestors who lived on the East side of Newfoundland (as sunrise as you can get on Turtle Island - North America!).  Also, the French name René is for "reborn" and Tamburro means "drum".

First Edition designed & created by Jesse Bowman Present Edition Designed by Andrea Tamburro

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