DON'T MISS THIS EXCITING DOUGLAS SOCIETY FIELD TRIP!!
When: Friday, July 28, 2006 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where: Eagle Plume's Allenspark, CO
Eagle Plume's is having a beadwork show on Saturday, July 29. The Douglas Society will have the special
opportunity to preview this show the night before the opening and meet several of the beaders. They will
be serving wine and providing a sandwich buffet with fruit and dessert.
Nico Strange Owl will provide tours of the trading post. Further, she will share some little known information
(i.e., which Native American in one of the Curtis photographs is a relative, etc.) and Calvin Standing Bear
(flutist) will provide additional entertainment.
Nico is inviting donations to the First People's Fund. We are suggesting a minimum of $15.00 per person.
We are planning, for those interested, to carpool from the Annex on 14th and Tremont.
We will leave at 4:00pm, July 28th.
Reservations can be made by returning the Reservation Card that you received in the mail.
The card needs to be received no later than Monday, July 17, 2006.
You can also call 720-913-0165 and leave a message for someone to contact you.
Plan now on joining us!
To find out more about Eagle Plume, go to their website
Nestah'omae (The Charles Eagle Plume Collection)
The Charles Eagle Plume Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Eagle Plume in 1985. The
Foundation encompasses the Charles Eagle Plume Collection of North American Indian Art, which is
continuously displayed at the store. The collection is comprised of over one thousand pieces.
Katherine Lindsay Perkins began collecting Plains beadwork shortly after she arrived in Allenspark, adding
to the few pieces she had inherited from her father. By the 1930's she and Charles Eagle Plume were
actively collecting and trading everything from Navajo weavings to Pueblo ceramics and everything else
within the spectrum in Indian art. As a result, the collection consists of a variety of historic Indian art
including beadwork from the Northeast, Woodlands area, and the Northern and Southern Plains.
One of Charles' favorite aspects of his collection was the baskets. Hung from the ceiling in one room of the
cabin are dozens of baskets from the Southwest, Northwest Coast, California, and Alaska. The beautiful
Tulare basket was his favorite and still hangs where it can be seen from his old desk in the jewelry room.
Other favorites include the intricate Porno feather gift baskets, the finely woven lidded grass baskets from
the Aleutian Islands, and the large Apache ollas and burden baskets that still hang above the stairwell.
Other major areas of interest within the collection include the historic Navajo and Pueblo jewelry, Pueblo
ceramics, and weavings. There are a few notable pieces that are a must see: a beaded Iroquois Glengarry
cap, a Mohawk cradleboard that is finely carved and painted, a Karankawa armadillo helmet, a Chilkat
Dancing Blanket, lacrosse sticks, etc. For many years Charles had intended on donating his impressive
collection to a number of universities, individuals, and so forth. However in later years, wanting the store to
continue after his death, Charles made the decision to keep the collection on display at the store for the
enjoyment of his many friends and customers.
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