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Te-Mi-Zhi-Ka Pottery by Betty Gaedtke, Quapaw

Specializing in Authentic Quapaw and Mississippian Pottery

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November 18, 2024November 18, 2024Uncategorized

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

These vessels by Betty Gaedtke were on exhibit at Crystal Bridges November 2022 through April 2024. Read More…

November 18, 2024Uncategorized

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

The Quapaw exhibit, running from November 2024 through November 2025,  features two pottery vessels and a traditional Quapaw dress made by Betty […]

November 18, 2024November 18, 2024Uncategorized

Downstream Casino Resort, Joplin, Mo.

The Downstream Casino Resort has a showcase filled with pottery by Betty Gaedtke. The effigy vessels represent the various Clans within the […]

November 18, 2024Uncategorized

AARP Oklahoma Native American Elders Honors Award

Betty Gaedtke honored with the 2023 AARP Oklahoma Native American Elders Honors Award.

November 18, 2024Uncategorized

Angel Mounds Museum Evansville, Indiana

Betty  Gaedtke Pottery Vessel in exhibit at the newly remodeled Angel Mounds Museum. Evansville, Indiana

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020Uncategorized

Betty Gaedtke pottery on display at Saracen Casino

October 29, 2020Uncategorized

Saracen Casino christened with Quapaw pottery.

Saracen Casino christened with Quapaw pottery on day before grand opening Mon, October 19 by Luke Matheson  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  Pinterest  E-Mail Artist Betty Gaedtke shares a piece […]

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020Uncategorized

Betty Gaedtke delivers Quapaw Pottery to Saracen Casino

Yellville artisan carries on Quapaw tradition crafting casino’s pottery – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/22/2020 Yellville artisan carries on Quapaw tradition crafting casino’s pottery […]

April 2, 2019June 19, 2019Uncategorized

Buffalo Calf (Te-Zhi-Ka), my great great grandfather

    My great great grandfather, Buffalo Calf (Te-Zhi-Ka).  Buffalo Calf was a story teller and interpreter in our tribe.  He was […]

April 2, 2019November 3, 2024Uncategorized

John Quapaw, the brother of Benjamin Quapaw who was caretaker of my grandmother Nora Buffalo after her parents died when she was very young.

John Quapaw, one of the Quapaw Chiefs, owned a mansion just outside Quapaw Oklahoma. His wife, Red Sun Quapaw was the mother […]

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Shipping Information

Please call or email to place an order.  Shipping is done primarily through the United States Postal Service and is a flat $20 for the lower 48.  UPS can be used upon request. I accept checks, money orders, cashiers checks.

MY WORK IS ON DISPLAY AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES:

The Downstream Casino Resort, Joplin, Mo.

The Quapaw Nation Museum, Quapaw, Ok.

The Dobson Museum, Miami, Ok.

The Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum, Baxter Springs, Ks.

The Historical Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Ar.

The Arkansas Post Museum (site of the 4 nearby Quapaw Villages of Kappa, Tongigua, Tourima, and Osotouy), Gillett, Ar.

The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Ok.

The Ancient Ozarks Natural History Museum, Top of the Rock, Branson, Mo.

The Museum of the Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM.

Parkin Archaeological Park Museum (site of the large Quapaw City of Casqui), Parkin, Ar.

Hampson Archaeological Park Museum (Quapaw Nodena Site), Wilson, Ar.

The Saracen Casino Resort, Pine Bluff, Ar. (features a huge collection)

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ar.  March 2023-April 2024

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The University of Arkansas Archeological Survey, Monticello, Ar.

Angel Mounds Museum, Evansville, Indiana

Several villages in Brazil

Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France

 

Contact Betty Gaedtke

9468 Highway 14 N, Yellville, Ar. 72687
870-436-5054, Cell 913-558-7554
bgaedtke@yellvilleweb.com

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