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		<title>Raven and the Orb of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raven and the Orb of Light
This hand engraved tag featuring Raven and the Orb of Light is one of the new hand engraved tags being carved by Adam Mills in Sterling Silver at Walker Goldsmiths. Adam has been learning and working at hand engraving with the assistance of Owen Walker, Master Engraver, for over a year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling Silver Thunderbird Tag</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a Thunderbird? A Thunderbird is a huge bird of power and strength, capable of creating storms and thunder as it flaps its wings. Lightening even flashes from its eyes when it blinks! It is typically depicted as larger than Eagle and with two curling horns protruding from its head and sometimes with teeth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On The Road In Ohio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Nowicki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ball state university]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maumee river]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[printing technique]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio farmhouse
Jacek Szewczyk and I were guests of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where I gave a lecture to demonstrate the &#8216;mezzotint&#8217; printing technique, you can find more about it here on my site.  My friend Mel from Toledo, Ohio drove to Muncie to pick us up and take us to Toledo, Ohio.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Captain Jack have Trade Beads?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Hertel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[modoc county museum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Padres]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visiting my brother, Jim Hertel in Alturas, CA is always fun.  He has Coastwide Contractors and knows the area pretty well, so we get stories, directions to places of interest and bits of history.  The whole county is spectacularly beautiful with vistas and High Sierra pine forests. Tules and wild grasses in the wetlands that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face At My Door New Look</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Active Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Face At My Door Music Website
There is a new look at Face At My Door Music, and more videos!
Come and see what it&#8217;s all about. The website is being updated by the original designer and webmaster C. Kelly Nowicki. &#8220;Kate we need to get this website more organized and make it easier to navigate.&#8221; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saraswati Shop Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Active Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saraswati Crafts
Hello Friends,
Greetings of the Season!
I wanted to let you know that Saraswati Crafts will be open for the holiday season beginning Friday, November 25 until mid-January. The manager of the Sycamore Square building is letting me use the same space where the shop used to be for about 6 weeks. We’ll be open on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for trade beads in NE Nevada</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoshone Moccasins, 1878, with seed beads decoration
While traveling anywhere, but this time west through the state of Nevada, Owen and I like to check out local museums and I’m always on the search for trade bead collections whenever there’s a display about the Indians native to that area.  The Shoshone Indians ranged down into eastern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mezzotint By Chris Nowicki</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Active Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Plate In Progress &#39;Norvin&#39; Mezzotint
Chris Nowicki is working on a new mezzotint &#8216;Norvin&#8217;, in his spare time, between teaching, setting up shows around the world and being a parent.
Please visit his website for more information.
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		<title>Celilo Falls Salmon</title>
		<link>http://activeartist.net/blog/celilo-falls-salmon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Active Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fishing Platforms
After our trip to Celilo Falls in search of Trade Bead paths Owen picked up the October edition of Cowboys &#38; Indians Magazine and there was a wonderful article about Celilo Falls! It’s called “On the Rocks”, written by Bryson Liberty, an 83 yr. old Umatilla Indian who knows personally the story of Celilo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade Beads at a Major Fishing Spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celilo Falls Trade BeadsTrade Beads at a Major Fishing Spot
Trade Beads and their history being such a major interest of mine led me to research Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, on the WA/OR border. Owen and I had an opportunity to once again visit the Maryhill Museum Site on the Columbia River located high [...]]]></description>
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