Meet the Committee Members
First Peoples Festival has an Indigenous Committee, including Nico Strange Owl, John Gaisthea, Jeremiah Rising Buffalo Maybee, Sandra Huerta, and Andre Dunn.
Nico Strange Owl
Our consultant, Nico Strange Owl is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and has worked with Indigenous art and artists over the past forty years. She is the current owner of Eagle Plume’s, a historic trading post at the base of Long’s Peak near Allenspark, Colorado. She has also worked as a bead worker, an appraiser, and a consultant of Native art, worked with museums, operated galleries, and has been in the art business all her life. She is also the descendant of Sand Creek Massacre survivors and is truly home in Colorado.
John Gaisthea
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Jeremiah Rising Buffalo Maybee
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Sandra Huerta
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Andre Dunn
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