Clothing, jewelry, art pieces and more by Native American artisans can be found at the nonprofit Native Music Coalition's trading post on the south side.
Carmen Duarte A striking wall mural featuring a Tohono O'odham woman with a basket on her head at one end, and a strong shouldered Yaqui deer dancer in the desert on the other end were among Indigenous scenes of traditional life under a distant, yet sparkling Milky Way.
A celebration of the mural unveiling and the opening of the store culminated with a performance from the 2022 World Hoop Dance Champion Sampson Sinquah of Phoenix. He danced while the Wild Medicine drummers — Sinquah's father, Moontee, and brother, Scott — kept a steady beat and sang in front of the picturesque towering mural, serving as the backdrop. The family is Gila River Pima/Hopi-Tewa, Cherokee and Choctaw.
There are T-shirts displaying Native Pride, Yaqui Pride, Frybread Power, and a man in the maze image that was originally created by the Tohono O'odham as an illustration of the emergence story representing all O'odham communities. There are clothing racks with ribbon skirts and ribbon shirts that are worn by all tribes. The distinction is in the design. Racks also hold quilts, cloth handbags and blankets.
Flores-Maldonado, an artist who began the coalition’s work with Yaqui families in 2016 — two years before it became a nonprofit — received help from other Indigenous artists who recognized Western medicine was not treating the spiritual needs of Native American families.
They offer treatment at a Wellness Center where activities include painting, drum- and- gourd-rattle-making, beadwork and talking circles designed to help clients connect to their emotions, resulting in soothing and calming effects. These artisans, who utilize the coalition's housing program, could sell their pieces at the trading post and keep 100% of their sales. Once they are discharged from the program, they could use their money to start their independent living, said Flores-Maldonado.
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