Native American Indian Shields - Shawnee Indian Artisan

This Native American husband and wife team are recognized Shawnee and active with their tribe. June's canny business sense allows Dow... to devote his time in recreating tribal items of everyday use that appear to have been made centuries ago. His skills and training in the film, television and stage building props and scenery have given him the proven ability to make these unique recreations. His works are found in the treasured displays of discriminating collectors world wide. He regularly supplies studios and producers with "artifacts" for their productions for both the big and little screen. His work is recognized to be of museum quality and anthropologists collect his work to study how the remains of tools and weapons in their collections may have been used. He was born in a log cabin in the Appalachian, southern Ohio village of Lucasville " falling timber" His People, the Shawnee Blue Creek or Tawakila sect have always lived in this area along the Ohio River between this small town on the shores of the Scioto west to the great ceremonial mound work of his " Fort Ancient" People high on the banks of the Great Miami River near Cincinnati ; With the Great lakes to the north! With the Shawnee trail crossing through the center. Dow relates, " During my younger years I learned from my Father, Uncles and Grandmother the many ways to live off the land. They taught me such abilities such as gathering wild foods, sacred herbs,and in a proper way how to hunt and fish and trap... How to live with all the other People, the plants and stone people the four-legged, winged and finned, and yet survive." After a stint in the U S Army during the Korean Conflict, Dow moved to Los Angeles, Ca. where he went to work in the entertainment industry. He spent the next thirty five years building sets, scenery and props for all the major studios and legitimate theaters. He is now "retired" working as a fine artist re-creating and preserving the heritage, culture and history of his People. He gets great pleasure in the study of his ancestors. That pleasure is shared with his clientele in the many one-of-a-kind "artifacts" he is continually creating. No serious collector of Native American art should be without one of Dow's fine pieces. "From the gift you give, so shall you gain. " Kiji Nappe." Adhering to this precept, both Dow and June share unselfishly with their fellow tribal People, many Native American schools and charitable organizations. In a moment of introspect, Dow speaks of how important it is "to be able in my small way , to preserve and stop the vanishing of our traditions and culture." Anyone who knows these two will say that they are succeeding. Take care of mother "EARTH" and she will take care of you!