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

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 […]

March 31, 2019April 1, 2019Uncategorized

Visiting the Parkin Archeological Museum in Parkin, Arkansas

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019Uncategorized

Viewing the awesome pottery collection stored at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

March 31, 2019April 1, 2019Uncategorized

My visit to the Hampson Archeological Museum, Wilson, Arkansas

March 31, 2019Uncategorized

Betty Gaedtke demonstrates traditional Quapaw pottery making at the James A. Gaston Visitors Center in Bull Shoals, Arkansas

March 31, 2019Uncategorized

Betty Gaedtke teaches Quapaw pottery making at the Quapaw Tribe pottery studio

I love teaching my fellow Quapaw Tribal members how to make pottery. We even did a class on processing raw clay dug […]

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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