"THE SMOKIN' WOLF" ANNIN SOLDIER WOLF: Nth.ARAPAHO

WE CREATED A SMALL FAMILY OUTLET HERE ON THE REZ. CALLED "THE SMOKIN' WOLF TRADING POST", FOR FAMILY & EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS TO SELL THEIR BEADWORK & OLD NORTHERN ARAPAHO ARTS' N' CRAFTS. THESE PIECES ARE ALL FAMILY MADE, SOME NEW, SOME OLD, SOME FROM OLD DANCE OUTFITS OR GIVEN TO SOMEONE OVER THE YEARS. Sometimes its hard to part with such items. So we take them off market for a while.

From time to time we also will sell items that we have bought that has not worked out for us , so we in turn sell them on ebay.

INTRO: Annin Soldier Wolf, Nth.Arapaho tribal member is a multi-talented Artist & Craftsman of old Nth.Arapaho Crafts, Traditional horseman & Dancer, Beader & family man. Annin is also a twice recipient of the "Wyoming Arts Council for Folk/Traditional Arts" 2008 & 2009. The Wyoming arts Council recognizes this as a dying art that needs to be saved. He was taught mainly from his Father, Mark Dewey Soldier Wolf, who was in turn was raised & taught by the old original sub-war chief, Soldier Wolf (brother to Sharpnose) & Red Necklace, his wife, (Cassie LittleAnt). Mark's real father Scott "scout's enemy" Dewey taught him many things, mainly the art of "Buffalo Hide Items, with design etchings in the hair. This he passed onto Annin. It is not practiced by anyone we know of (as it's hard, tedious work) , so it is rare, original & hard to find.. These item made by Annin, range from Buffalo hide Women's Tops, Mens Vests, belts, knife scabbards, Shields, Warrior Saddle-Rugs, bags, Mocassins, women's leggings, cuffs, drops, & etc. They also served a purpose to the wearer that they often deflected hostile arrows while in Battle & at camp. They were decorated with designs & stories etched into the buffalos hair. Some left longer in places than others.This was before beads were introduced to the Northern plains tribes. Alot of rawhide work on Todays market is nice to look at but it is so often done with paint or markers. Annin's pieces are all done by hand, cut & re-cut a few times then carved & etched designs with stories behind them all. Sometimes using earth paint , roots & berries for color. Alot of hard , painstaking, tedious work, hence there is very few, if any, artist out there that do this type of Art / Craft any more. This is all 100% Authentic, handmade, original, one of a kind, speciality work from Annin Soldier Wolf, Nth.Arapaho Warrior Wolf clan- Bad Pipe Society. Wind River Indian Reservation; Central Wyoming.

WE TREAT OUR CUSTOMERS WITH RESPECT & ARE BIG BELIEVERS IN "WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND".

Annin Soldier Wolf & Cool Colt: '08 4th July Parade, Lander WY

THE EXTENDED FAMILY, CONSISTS FROM BABIES,(Blue-Moccasin Soldier Wolf, Joeseph JO-JO Pine-Limb Friday, & our newest little addition, Jonathan Touch-the-Sky Friday"), TO GREAT-GRAND PARENTS,(MARK & FLORITA SOLDIER WOLF)& all the many family members in between, (e.g.) Multi-talented craftswoman, Dancer, Beader & the best Indian fry bread maker Cassie Soldier Wolf. WE ALL HELP OUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH OUR ADVENTURE TO BE DEPENDANT FREE OF ALL OTHERS BUT OURSELVES.

THE PHOTOS ARE OF ANNIN, THE HEAD OF THE SOLDIER WOLF FAMILY. I AM CATHI, HIS WIFE. I RUN THE EBAY SIDE OF THE SMOKIN' WOLF TRADING POST. I AM ORIGINALLY FROM N.T.(OUTBACK) AUSTRALIA. THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME,, HO HOU!

AN ARTIST USED MY PICTURES, CHANGED A LITTLE IN HIS PAINTING & CALLED IT "ARAPAHO MOON". IT WAS MADE INTO MANY THINGS, MOST PROMINATLY A T-SHIRT PUT OUT BY MOUNTAIN T-SHIRTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY NATIVE PEOPLE. SO WE ARE PUTTING OUT OUR OWN LINE OF T-SHIRTS, WITH A BIT OF A POLITICAL PUNCH TO THEM. THESE ARE "SOLDIER WOLF T-SHIRTS (copyright.ASW.2007).