AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
For more than 20 years, Pendleton has proudly supported the dreams of Native American Students through a partnership with the American Indian College Fund. The nation’s largest charity supporting access to higher education for American Indian and Alaska native students, the College Fund provides scholarships, programming, tools and support.
FEATURED ARTIST:
JENABAH YAZZIE
Through her design, Yazzie honors the morning: the time of day when Navajo are taught to give offerings before the sunrise. The colors of the blanket represent hayoołkááł (dawn). The white border of the blanket represents the strength of prayer with the black and white design along the border depicting the love and protection of the Holy People. The four rectangles in the center of the blanket symbolize the thoughts and prayers of the people, with the stars in the center of each rectangle representing the Star People, to remind us that we are never alone. Yazzie explains that prayer is always in motion, which led to the name Infinite Prayer.
BLANKETS FROM THE COLLECTION
![NIKE N7 SEVEN GENERATIONS BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/72723-8946.json?_i=AG)
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RAVEN AND THE BOX OF KNOWLEDGE
![MEN'S COLLEGE FUND DIRECTIONS HOME WOOL COAT](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/58966Z-16155.json?_i=AG)
![INFINITE PRAYER BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/79922Z-57355.json?_i=AG)
INFINITE PRAYER BLANKET
![COURAGE TO BLOOM BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/74200-53955.json?_i=AG)
COURAGE TO BLOOM BLANKET
![UNITY BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/70123-57004.json?_i=AG)
UNITY BLANKET
![NIKE N7 SEVEN PEAKS BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/72087-2731.json?_i=AG)
NIKE N7 SEVEN PEAKS BLANKET
![WATER BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/70235-3531.json?_i=AG)
WATER BLANKET
![NIKE N7 SEVEN GENERATIONS CRIB BLANKET](https://media.pendleton-usa.com/image/list/fn_select:jq:first(.[]|if%20has("metadata")%20then%20select(any(.metadata[];%20.external_id%20==%20"sfcc-is-main"%20and%20.value.value%20==%20"True"))%20else%20empty%20end)/f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto/w_700/70122-53804.json?_i=AG)
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DRUM KEEPERS BLANKET
THE ARTISTS BEHIND THE DESIGNS
Each year, Pendleton partners with Native American artists from Tribal Colleges and Universities to create new blanket designs. The artists’ designs directly reflect their personal point of view, story and culture, and the patterns and stories are directly attributed to the artists. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of these blankets goes to the American Indian College Fund to support scholarships to Tribal Colleges and Universities.
DESHAWNA ANDERSON
Courage to Bloom Blanket
Designer Deshawna Anderson (White Mountain Apache/Crow) attended Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana, where she studied Business Administration. She is of the Butterfly Clan and is a child of the Greasy Mouth. As a visual learner, Deshawna became interested in art as a tool to educate the viewer on the perspective of its creator. Influenced by Apache and Crow culture from Crazy Mountain to Salt River Canyon, she also draws inspiration from historic and contemporary burden baskets, quiltwork and attire.
TRACIE JACKSON
7 Generations Blanket
Tracie Jackson is a Diné artist and designer from Star Mountain in the Navajo Nation. She is a fourth generation artisan. Her family encouraged her to study the traditional art forms of her tribe, and with their support she became a painter, jeweler, beader and graphic designer. She studied design at the University of Oregon and is currently a footwear designer, putting her community at the center of her work. “Representation matters, and I’m using art and design to create space for Indigenous peoples in the fashion industry.”
DUSTN LOPEZ
Many Nations Blanket
Dustn Lopez (Diné/Laguna Pueblo/Pascua Yaqui) is currently working as a designer, muralist and educator, and attends Diné College in Arizona, majoring in fine arts. With a passion for creativity, Lopez aspires to be a role model on and off the reservation. “My dream is to use art and design as a driving force to reclaim our language, culture and identities as ‘mixtbloods’. By combining modern and street art with contemporary art, I hope to inspire successfully between both worlds.”
CHELYSA OWENS-CYR
Unity Blanket
Chelysa Owens-Cyr (Fort Peck Assiniboine & Dakota Sioux/Pasqua First Nations Cree) is an artist from Montana’s Fort Peck Indian Reservation. As a College Fund scholar, she earned a degree in Business Administration at Fort Peck Community College, with plans to earn her master’s degree at MSU Billings. She is a self-taught contemporary ledger artist, beader, graphic designer and painter, influenced by her family and culture. “I work with many mediums to share my personal teachings, beliefs, stories and visions with the people.”
PRESTON SINGLETARY
Raven and the Box of Knowledge Blanket
Preston Singletary is an internationally known glass artist who grew up in the Pacific Northwest. His great-grandparents are full-blooded Tlingit Indians. His works explore traditional images and legends of his Tlingit heritage, translated into glass. His artwork is included in museum collections around the world, from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, to the Handelsbanken in Stockholm, Sweden.
