Marlene Riding In Mameah

Marlene Riding In Mameah (March 5, 1933 – July 10, 2018) was a Pawnee Native American silversmith and painter.

Marlene Riding In Mameah
Skau-doo-dau-deh-wau-dah[1]
Born
Marlene Mary Riding In

(1933-03-05)March 5, 1933
Payne County, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 2018(2018-07-10) (aged 85)
Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
NationalityPawnee Nation of Oklahoma
EducationBacone College
Known forSouthern Plains German silverwork
Spouse(s)Charles Supernaw, Clayton Mameah
AwardsRed Earth Festival
2007 Honored One

Born Marlene Mary Riding In[2] in Payne County, Oklahoma, Mameah was a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.[3]

Education

Mameah attended Chilocco Indian School.[2] She then went to Bacone College, where she wished to study silver smithing. But the class was unavailable to women, and she was required to take painting classes instead; she later learned to work silver while working for a jeweler.[4] Her instructor was W. Richard West, Sr. (Southern Cheyenne)[5]

Art career

In 1950, her painting Morning Star Ceremony, submitted under the name "M. Riding Inn", received a prize of $150 in the Indian Annual's Plains division.[6]

Mameah taught metalworking at Pawnee Nation College. She won numerous honors throughout her career, and in 2007 was named the Honored One of the Red Earth Festival.[4] Morning Star Ceremony is owned by the Philbrook Museum of Art.[2]

References
  1. "Marlene Riding In Mameah". Native American Artists Resource Collection Online. Heard Museum Bille Jane Baguly Library and Archives. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. Patricia Janis Broder (December 10, 2013). Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women. St. Martin's Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-4668-5972-2.
  3. "PRX » Transcripts". PRX - Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  4. "Artist's path leads to honors". June 1, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  5. "Grand Council of 1842". postalmuseum.si.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  6. Lisa K. Neuman (January 1, 2014). Indian Play: Indigenous Identities at Bacone College. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-8032-4945-5.
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