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Judy Larson - Wild in the Country
SmallWorks™ Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Print. A signed and numbered limited-edition print. 
Image size: 14"w x 11"h. Edition Size:150 
Published from the artist's original work.
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The Alphas Giclee Canvas (NEW RELEASE)
Truly a family unit, a wolf pack is almost always composed of an alpha male, his alpha female mate and their offspring. During mating season, both the alpha male and female will fight to prevent others from breeding with their partner. Their monogamous relationship prevails until death, illness or injury prevents them from mating, or until one is ostracized from the pack. Courtship between the pair is playful, affectionate and devoted. After the annual mating, the alpha female will select a suitable site for her den near water, which the nursing mother will need. She prefers a wooded area to aid concealment, and the same location may be used throughout her breeding life, and, perhaps, by successive alpha females within the same pack. Preparations on the den begin about six weeks after conception, three weeks before her pups are born. And so, the cycle of life endures, through the alliance, friendship, bond and cooperation of The Alphas. Available as a 24"w x 18"h giclee canvas only.
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Judy Larson - Eagle's Gift (NEW RELEASE)
"Native American legends have always intrigued me," says Judy Larson, "especially those involving talking animals. So it was difficult not to be enthralled by one such story, a Cheyenne legend in which an eagle is trapped in a dead elk's antlers. After asking for help from a warrior who is out hunting, he is set free. The eagle is so grateful that his life has been saved that before flying away, he tells the man to go to the other side of a hill and to look below. There the warrior sees his reward, a beautiful stallion covered with black and white spots exactly like an eagle's feathers." Spotted eagle feathers, highly prized by Native Americans, come only from the tail section of immature golden eagles. In "Eagle's Gift," Judy has replicated the eagle feather pattern on the horse's coat and has hidden therein an eagle or two. This Judy Larson Fine Art Limited Edition brings the best of art and legend into your home.
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Judy Larson - The Horse Tipi
11"x11" Giclee Cavvas. There once lived a Blackfoot warrior who was very fond of his buckskin horse. One day the man's horse was badly wounded in battle. The man daubed yellow paint on his horse's wounds and made a smudge of sweet grass, then sang sacred medicine songs and asked the horse to rise. Three times the horse attempted to stand for the warrior, but he could not. Finally, on the fourth try the horse found the strength to get up and his master slowly led him home. In gratitude to his faithful and loving caretaker the buckskin stallion gave the man a gift, a tipi decorated with the image of a horse. Not only was the tipi beautiful to behold, but it also held special powers, and the man became famous ever after for his ability to heal the sick.
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Judy Larson - Slow Bull
Edition Size: Artist Signed and Numbered limited to 200. Medium: Giclee on Canvas Image Dimensions: 22"w x 16"h. About the Art: Slow Bull was a respected Oglala Sioux subchief who joined his first war party at the age of fourteen. At the age of seventeen he captured one hundred and seventy horses from the Apsaroke. That same year he received medicine from buffalo in a dream as he slept on a hilltop—not fasting or meditating, but resting from hard travel on the warpath. Over the course of his storied lifetime he engaged in fifty-five battles with rival tribes and his distinctive features can be seen in the shoulder of Judy Larson’s bull buffalo. “I personally ‘met’ this bull buffalo in the middle of a thunderstorm, roaming wild with three hundred other buffalo on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. Some of the oldest buffalo were nearing thirty-five years of age and most of the old bulls stayed by themselves, but this seasoned veteran had come to join the herd as rutting season began. He was massive and awesome.”
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Judy Larson - Brothers and Sisters
The pairing of an alpha male and alpha female represent a wolf pack’s genesis, but it truly becomes a pack as the offspring arrive and grow. Judy Larson® first introduced us to the Elsinore Clan in 2007 with The Alphas. Nearly two years later we meet the next generation with Brothers and Sisters. The core population of most packs is comprised of the alphas’ offspring. This bond of blood is one the prime sources of the affection and mutual aid upon which these groups are so dependent. From birth, these brothers and sisters will compete for social standing with in the clan and assume roles and responsibilities uniquely theirs. The disappearance of a wolf from a pack such as Elsinore will leave a hole not easily and quickly filled. Such is the case here with Brothers and Sisters. We can immediately see three of the Elsinore Clan offspring lurking among the aspens. Close examination will reveal Judy has concealed a fourth, though this member of the pack remains only in spirit. She is no longer with the pack, but the memory of her place and role within it still lingers. Judy Larson stands alone in skill and storytelling mastery of her chosen medium: scratchboard. No medium demands more planning and precision in execution, yet her subjects are alive with a freedom of form that redefines those limitations. That skill combined with a passion for the wilderness and all things wild makes owning a Larson an essential part of any art collection. Limited edition of 150s/n 28" x 16"
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Judy Larson - Flight
20x27 “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” as “inalienable rights” is a concept that could only be born in a place where the land was abundant and its bounty teeming. Nothing is more American than wild horses ranging the West and wolf packs prowling the forested wilderness. Yet, these symbols of all that is wild and free are not only as threatened today as they have ever been, but are being rounded up and disposed of in a fashion they have never before had to fear: from the air. In Judy Larson’s Flight, a herd of wild horses races away from the droning aircraft circling above. This method of rounding-up mustangs such as these is part of the program to further cull the 33,000 horses still living in the wild in 10 Western states. Another 30,000 are already in captivity. The Bureau of Land Management wants to cut this total number of horses by half. Judy has hidden within this herd another who has even more to fear from above, an Alaskan wild wolf. Exploiting a loophole for “predator control” in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act of 1972, Alaskan hunters have found a way around the Congressionally-banned practice of hunting animals like the wolf from the air. Many hunters consider the practice, at a minimum, unsportsmanlike, since it violates the "fair chase" ethic of hunting. More significantly, they consider it inhumane since airborne gunmen rarely get a clean (i.e., relatively painless) kill.
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Judy Larson - Elk Dog Tipi
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS Gilcee Image size: 12"w x 16"h. Edition Size:200 US: $395.00 Artist Judy Larson’s newest fine art edition revisits one of her cherished inspirations, Native American storytelling and legend. Like her previous release Crow Tipi, The Elk Dog Tipi is from a Blackfoot story, this time the legend of how horses came to be known to man. It was a powerful legend since acquiring horses drastically altered the Native American way of life. Water Spirit's Gift of Horses A poor, orphan boy, trying to find his way in the world, embarked on a vision journey. Traveling far from his tribe without success, the boy sat down to weep beside a large lake. Hearing the boy in his distress, a powerful Water Spirit, who lived in the lake, sent his young son to tell the boy that he wished to see him. Water Spirit's son cautioned the boy to close his eyes, hold on to his shoulders, and not to look as they started into the water. As they progressed deeper and deeper into the lake, Water Spirit's son told the boy that his father would offer him his choice of all the animals that lived in the lake. "Be sure to choose the oldest mallard of the ducks and all its young ones," instructed Water Spirit's son. At last the son and the boy reached the underwater lodge of the Water Spirit, and the boy was told to open his eyes. The Water Spirit, an old man with long white hair, welcomed the boy and asked him why he was so sad. As the boy explained his plight, Water Spirit offered his help, telling the boy that all the animals in the lake were his to give, and the boy should choose which one he wanted. Remembering the son's advice, the boy asked for the old mallard, but the Water Spirit just shook his head and said, "Don't take that one, for it is old and of no value." Nevertheless, four times the boy insisted, and at last, the Water Spirit smiled and told the young boy that he had chosen wisely. The son then took the boy to the edge of the lake, and after night fell, the son caught the old mallard with a rope that he had braided from marsh grass. Placing the rope in the boy's hand, the son instructed the boy to walk on, but not to look back until sunrise.  As the boy traveled toward his camp in the darkness, he heard the flapping of the duck's wings behind him, but he did not look back. As he continued on, the flapping changed into heavy feet pounding on the ground, and the braided marsh grass rope began to turn into a rawhide rope. At sunrise, the boy looked back and beheld a large animal at the end of his rope, a horse. He mounted the horse, using the rope as a bridle. Many other horses joined his horse, and as the boy came into camp, the people were afraid, for they had never seen horses before. The boy dismounted, calmed his people's fears, and gave everyone horses and kept many for himself. The boy gave the horse its Blackfoot name of elk dog, for it was large like an elk, but could serve the people, like a dog. He taught the people how to break and ride the horses, how to use them for packing, how to hunt buffalo from their backs, how to make bridles, hackamores and saddles, and how to use the horses to cross streams. When the boy grew older, the people made him a chief and honored him all of his days, for he was wise and generous.
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Judy Larson - American Horse
American Horse, Oglala Sioux chief, is a study of adaptability. Although born on the Northern Plains, he became an American citizen when he was 67 years old. He fought brave battles for his people, but when he was 27 years old, lead the battle for his people in peace. He had five wives, including the daughter of war chief Red Cloud, but when only one living wife remained, joined the Episcopal church. He rode beside great chiefs in battle, including Red Cloud and He Dog, then rode briefly in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He fought against the invaders of his land, then traveled to Washington, rode down Pennsylvania Avenue and took part in treaty delegations. He lived free on the land he loved, then spent half his life on the Pine Ridge Reservation. "As I was researching American Horse, I found, once again, how easy it is for me to embrace the nobility, love of land and the rights of people, peace and loyalty of the Native American spirit. I see the same qualities in those who have chosen to serve today and feel that they, too, are our leaders for tomorrow." Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas: limited to 100 s/n. 18"w x 24"h. Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Print: limited to 250 s/n. 15"w x 20"h.
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Judy Larson - The Gift
THE GIFT The second offering in The Noble Spirits series Loyalty is a passion, a belief, a gift bestowed only upon those who earn it. Few leaders fired the vehemence of loyalty greater than Tatanka-Iyotake, the Lakota Chief, Sitting Bull. To The People, loyalty was not only a characteristic of man, but also extended to the natural and animal world. In his final years, Sitting Bull proudly rode Circus Horse, a gift from Wild West impresario Buffalo Bill. A magnificent animal, Circus Horse had been trained to act and to dance in the renowned traveling show. Sitting Bull, however, recognized in Circus Horse the fire of a truly noble spirit. Then, in the late 1800s, the Ghost Dance emerged, a ceremony that promised to rid the land of white people and to restore the Indians’ way of life. The American government feared that Sitting Bull would join the movement and bring his followers with him. Forty-three Lakota policemen were sent to arrest him, and a battle quickly ensued. At the sound of gunfire, Circus Horse began the act he had been trained to do: a dance of pawing the ground, throwing his mane, and rearing into the air. To Sitting Bull's followers, it was far more. Circus Horse’s great white body remained at Sitting Bull’s side throughout the fierce battle and, after the revered Chief was fatally struck down, danced for hours more, until he was exhausted, in respect for the fallen man. It is said that Circus Horse was possessed with a spirit, for, throughout the entire battle, this imposing target was not struck by a single bullet. Discover the face of loyalty in Judy's The Gift.
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Judy Larson - The Crow Tipi (NEW RELEASE)
Shipping in January 2007 16"x12"
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Judy Larson - Ebenezer and the War Horse (NEW RELEASE)
Out of the millions of horses that have shared our country's history, only a few have distinguished themselves enough for their names to be remembered. Among these select few is Ebenezer, Chief Joseph's renowned Appaloosa racehorse. Red roan in color, with large blood-red spots on his white rump, he was not the prettiest horse in the herd, but he could run like the wind. So famous was he that newspapers in Walla Walla and Lewiston, Washington recorded each time Chief Joseph rode him into town. Everyone with a good, fast horse of his own, whether frontiersman or Native American, dreamed of the day when his horse would beat Chief Joseph's Ebenezer. But, alas! Ebenezer won all his races well out in front of the best horses in the region. The black horse portrayed in Ebenezer and the War Horse honors another of Chief Joseph's horses. Although his name has not survived through time, he was special, as well, for he was the horse that Chief Joseph chose to ride to surrender.
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Judy Larson - The Ghost Wind
It has been said that, in the early mists of dawn, they were invisible; in a snowstorm, undetectable; in battle, unseen. Then, like the spirits for which they were named, they inexplicably appeared. Ghost Wind horses carried big medicine. Along with their stealth, they were exceptionally intelligent. They were trained to be fierce combatants, but, like warrior-poets, they were also renowned for their complacent and docile nature. Their value to the tribe was known to be greater than that of any human. Distinguishing each Ghost Wind were two to four, or a handful of dark spots, but only on its left side. "Lightening" or vanishing stripes graced the cheekbones of the face. The skin of the body was silver white, the hair more like fur, and dark "stockings" covered the legs. The direct father/son breeding line traced back to the Northwest's Siletz and Talimook peoples, who bred their horses with Russian (as opposed to Spanish) spotted horses. Quite rare, they did not appear in every generation. Considered to be forever wild, a Ghost Wind was never "owned," but simply watched over by a caretaker or custodian. Still, its training was intense. It could be counted on to continue an attack against a foe, even after its rider had fallen. Yet, such was the training and nature of this forceful warrior that, returning directly from the violence of warfare, a small child could handle it.  A noble spirit, indeed.
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Judy Larson - Stayin' Alive
Survival of the close-knit pack is usually the most important item on the wolf agenda," says artist Judy Larson, "but for Alaskan wolves, just staying alive has become a full time job. State-sanctioned aerial gunning has taken the lives of more than 600 wolves, and hunting by snowmobiles has increased. In Idaho and Wyoming, state officials are determined to annihilate wolves that wander outside of national parks. Wolves are fighting to stay alive. Only we can help them.
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Judy Larson - With Freedom for All
The word freedom is a powerful, emotionally charged word, encompassing thoughts of independence, free will, opportunity, and inalienable rights.  Freedom allows change, learning, understanding, rescue, and salvation. The very nature of the word, "freedom," however, implies that there are those who are not free.  In "With Freedom For All," the hidden eagle images symbolize freedom in America, not only for its citizens, but also for its wildlife. The one, proud, wild horse symbolizes the millions of other horses that once roamed our great land. And, the eagle feathers refer specifically to a time when Native Americans lived freely with pride and purpose.  Today, all are not secure in their freedom. At this very moment, an all out war is being waged against wolves.  New legislation has already been signed that opens the door to the slaughter of wild horses and burros.  And, tragically, for many Native Americans, their heritage is kept silent.  Let there be freedom for all.
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Judy Larson - Misfits
At the beginning of the 19th century, tens of thousands of wild horses dotted the landscape of Central and Southern California.  As settlers, missionaries, ranchers and hunters vied for open range, however, the Mustangs fell prey to those who would profit by their death.  Missionaries reported that in 1807, two herds of 7,000 wild horses each were driven into the ocean at Mission Santa Barbara to drown, and hundreds of wild horses were left in corrals to starve at San Diego Mission.  In 1812, Spanish cattle ranchers, intent on utilizing the rich grasslands of the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, slaughtered 30,000 wild horses. Considered a nuisance by sheep and cattle ranchers, who wanted public lands to pasture their livestock, another 40,000 were killed between 1828 and 1830, during the great drought of California.  Hunters also joined in, hoping to import bighorn sheep to kill.  Throughout much of the 20th century, wild horses by the tens of thousands were killed, not only for their rangeland, but also for pet food.  Almost 30 million pounds of horsemeat were canned in 1933 alone.   The decimation of wild horses continued until 1971, when the federal "Wild Horse and Burro Act" gave some protection to our country's wild horses. Still regarded today by many as grassland competitors, eyesores, habitat destroyers and misfits, however, wild horses continue to struggle to find their rightful place as free-roaming and respected animals. Rights to federal lands, "appropriate management levels," fire, drought, overgrazing, and many other issues have caused experts to agree that, at the present rate of decline, the Mustang could very well become extinct by the end of the century.  "The Misfits" is the sixth and final offering in the "On the Run" series.  Countless other stories could be told, like those of "The Fugitives," "The Resisters," "The Protesters," "The Pursued," and "The Defiant."  Perhaps, by revisiting a few of these happenings in our country's history, we will not be destined to repeat the events of the past, but will seek to value our wildlife and those animals which have found themselves to be in dire circumstances. 
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Judy Larson - The Defiant
For more than 50 years after an inconceivable act in which U.S. Army Colonel George Wright ordered his troops to slaughter 800 Native American horses, the bleached bones of the doomed horses could still be seen along the bank of the Spokane River in Washington. Today, a monument marks the site that became known as Horse Slaughter Camp. The year was 1858, and several companies of soldiers, both on foot and on horseback, under the leadership of Colonel Wright, were engaged in a punitive military expedition against the Native American tribes, Yakama, Spokane, Palouse and Coeur d’Alene. On the morning of September 8, Colonel Wright and his troops spotted a large cloud of dust, which revealed the position of 800 Palouse horses. Although a valiant effort was made by the tribes to drive their horses into the mountains, nevertheless, after a fierce skirmish, the majority of the herd was captured. Although it was a crime at this time on the frontier to kill a horse, it was Wright’s job to subdue the tribes’ powerful hold over their land and to demoralize them. It took “the better part of two days” to shoot, club and kill all the horses, and, as the Native Americans watched helplessly from the hills, they could not believe what they saw. Following the slaughter, Colonel Wright and his troops continued on their way, burning lodges and storehouses, filled with the Native Americans’ winter supply of oats, vegetables, camas roots and dried berries. That winter many of the old and very young died of starvation.  Apparently, to Colonel Wright, however, the campaign was a success, as he reported to his superior, “The chastisement which these Indians have received has been severe but well merited and undoubtedly necessary to impress them with our power.  For the last 80 miles our route has been marked by slaughter and destruction.” Judy's "The Defiant" portrays three of these Native American horses, rebelling at the senseless slaughter of their herd.  These three are "The Defiant," as they show themselves and their Native American caretakers, that somehow, against all odds, they will survive as living testament to two horrific days in history.
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Judy Larson - Air and Escape
AIR AND ESCAPE Perhaps more than any other element, air, particularly in the form of wind, can spook a horse, even a savvy horse in the wild.  Nevertheless, air provides protection to the wild horse, carrying smells of danger, and signaling the wild horse, giving it time to escape to safety. The white buffalo also needed the same protection that air could provide, by alerting it to danger.  In the world of the Plains Indians, the white buffalo was revered, and especially sacred.  Deemed the most acceptable gift that could be obtained to offer to the Great Spirit, this rarest specimen of all buffalo, when encountered, was always killed for sacrifice.  Ceremony and ritual accompanied the taking of a white buffalo, and, while different tribes used the skin in different ways, all of them prized the white buffalo for its powerful spirituality. Today, when a white buffalo calf is born, it is visited and acknowledged by Native Americans as a symbol of the return of the buffalo and a return to the old ways.  It is a sign that prayers are being answered, and that the people are becoming more spiritual; the people are coming back to the religion.
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Judy Larson - The Pursued
Full of mystery and power, the Indians of North America understood that the wolf was sacred.  They called him "Brother," and knew in their souls that he was an integral part of the land.  Even modern science tells us that the wolf, when present in an ecosystem, brings balance to the land and to its dwellers. Yet the wolf, by its very nature, incites passions for and against it. Today, the gray wolf occupies only 2% of the land he once ranged.  Regardless, in March of 2003, its status was changed from "endangered" to "threatened" everywhere but in the Southeast.  Bounties still exist on wolves in some states and interest groups would like to see them in theirs, as well. Judy has us encounter a pack of three wolves that has silently woven its way through a snow-covered forest.  As they move towards us, a fourth brother joins them, a spectral ancestor and symbol of the wildness that this noble creature so embodies.
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Judy Larson - Fire and Flight
To live in harmony with the forces of nature is the essence of being wild.  The untamed mustang embodies unbound freedom, honed by the raucous ebb and flow of Mother Nature.  Instincts, unfettered by the influence of man and acquired over millennia, guide, like guardian spirits, the horse's coexistence with the elements. This mustang, bathed amber by the light of an encroaching prairie fire, makes for safety, just beyond the edges of the temporary destruction.  Soon, renewal will spring from the ashes.  But, there is something more to these wild spirits. One day, as a red-tailed hawk passed before the sun as it soared high in the sky, it appeared to Judy that the sunlight burned like orange firelight through the hawk's tail feathers.  As Judy conceived this image, it seemed only natural that just such a spirit would accompany this mustang, to guide it beyond the reach of the fire's passing danger.
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Judy Larson - The Resitors
In 1919, the United States Department of Interior ordered the Crow Indians to kill all wild horses on their reservation land, sacred ground that had been leased by the government to cattlemen.  No Crow could abide by this order, a demand akin to asking a man to kill his own brother.  In 1923, following a final ultimatum, the United States government hired local cowboys, joined later by Texas outfitters, to kill the horses on a bounty basis – four dollars for the tip of a horse’s ear.  During the next seven years, the hired guns killed more than 40,000 horses, including the Crow’s  personal mounts.  By 1930, the great and powerful Crow tribe was bereft of its horses, its culture, severely damaged.  To the Crow, whose livelihood depended on their prized horses, this tragic event was more devastating than a military defeat.  “The Resisters” is third offering in Judy Larson’s “On the Run” series, a selection of images focusing on animals caught in dire circumstances.
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Judy Larson - Protestors
Described in 1806 by explorer Meriwether Lewis as "lofty, elegantly formed, active and durable; in short, many of them look like fine English coursers," the spotted horses of the Nez Perce Indian tribe were unlike any he and William Clark had ever seen. Named by the Nez Perce after the Palouse River, these wildly colored horses were believed to be gifts from the gods. In 1877, the Nez Perce entered into a war with the U.S. Government, and the entire tribe, with its several thousand carefully bred horses, embarked upon a journey that would take them 1,300 miles toward Canada and safe haven. Only forty miles from the border, the Nez Perce were besieged and outnumbered by the U.S. Cavalry. Forced to surrender, Chief Joseph and his captured people were taken far from their homeland. Their exceptional horses, which Chief Joseph referred to as "my children," were deliberately killed by the soldiers. Only a few horses were lost in the mountains, sold in the East, or hidden away by ranchers. By the beginning of the twentieth century, fewer than 300 of the magnificent Appaloosa horses remained. "The Protesters" portrays three prized Nez Perce horses, running for their lives, in an attempt to evade the three U.S. Cavalry soldiers (hidden in their coats) bent on their destruction. These horses represent the spirit of the Nez Perce, which continues to survive and endure against all odds.
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Judy Larson - One With
Iyuptala: Ee-yoo-P'TAH-lah. "The Native American's relationship with the elements, the earth, and its inhabitants were viewed as "one with." He moved through nature as he did with his animals, not as an owner or as a subduer, but as an equal, a companion, a brother. Total trust existed between the Native American and his horse, with whom he was "one with." They moved together as one. They understood each other. They listened to each other. So powerful was this understanding, this respect, that the very rocks in "One With" speak of this relationship. Nature, the animals, and the Native American are as one unit. There is no question. The Native American and his horse belonged here, "one with" each other, with their Creator, and with His creation."
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Judy Larson - The Survivors
Concealed in the trees above the bison, one can find a Native American wearing a headdress of the sacred buffalo. "The Survivors" conveys an inspiring message of hope and renewal. "Few people know," Judy explains, "that by 1902, the last wild herd of buffalo numbered only 23 animals. Native Americans had been deprived of a deep spiritual connection with the buffalo, upon whom their culture depended. I am gratified to learn that concerted efforts are being made to reintroduce buffalo on tribal lands." "The Survivors" takes us back to Yellowstone in 1902. There, life is renewed in the bison calf and on the land which brings forth new growth after a fire.
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Judy Larson - Kinship
Concealed in the female wolf's coat (left of her shoulder) is the face of a Native American woman; on the male wolf's neck, a man. The flank of the female wolf bears a Native American man's face to represent the rest of the tribe. "I've grouped the wolves closely to emphasize the necessity of tribal and pack members--male and female--to work together to ensure survival", notes the artist.
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Judy Larson - He Dog
He Dog. Childhood friend of Crazy Horse, witness to his murder. Born in the same year, in the same season, He Dog and Crazy Horse grew up together in the same Ogala band, played together, courted girls together, fought together. Distinguishing themselves in both war and peace, they were made chiefs, "shirt weavers", and hence bearers of the Crow Owner's Society. He Dog, at age 92 in 1930, gave his personal account of the killing of Crazy Horse by a soldier at Fort Robinson in 1877. He Dog was at his side, a friend to the last. The magnificent stallion featured in "He Dog" pays homage not only to the "sacred dog", the horse, of the Plains Indians, but also to the noble life of a great Dakota.
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Judy Larson - Pryor Commitment
"Pryor Commitment" honors the wild mustangs of the Wyoming Pryor Mountain Range. It is a poignant reminder of legal promises made and broken to protect and defend the wild mustangs against those who would do harm in the name of profit or expediency. Over half the landin 11 western states are public lands and yet the wild mustangs are shoved into the bitterest of landscapes and told to "survive if you can". Judy brings to this stallion and his mares a sense of heroism, for they are the descendants of a determined and resilient species. What other animal has gained mankind so much and asked for so little in return? Hidden in the image you will find the promises of the future in the form of two foals. Intelligent, beautiful, the wild mustang is not only a part of our national heritage, but a potent reminder of what it means to be free.
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Judy Larson - Three Wolves
Once the most widely distributed land predator in the world, gray wolves originally flourished as far south as Mexico City. Cohabiting with them for centuries were Spanish mustangs, used both by conquistadors on gold expeditions and by Apache warriors on their fearsome raids. By 1970, Mexican wolves had been hunted or trapped nearly to extinction in America's southwest. The five known remaining were captured in the hopes of saving this threatened species. In 1989, a battered wild herd of 100 Spanish mustangs, a strain thought to have disappeared a century before, was discovered in an isolated pocket of Arizona's San Luis mountains. They, too, have become part of a captive-breeding program. Perhaps others still survive in the wild. "Three Wolves" is a celebration of two species, wild, free, and pure, who once shared an unforgiving land.
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Judy Larson - Child's Play
When the Europeans arrived in the New World they brought with them a fear of the wariness of wolves that stemmed from their long history as shepherds. Their fears and misgivings came from centuries of struggling to protect their flocks and families from predation by wolves. In contrast, the Native Americans respected and revered the wolf for its prowess as a shrewd hunter. They even allowed their children to engage in play with wolf pups. Europeans traveling westward viewed this behavior skeptically and considered it further proof of the extraordinary difference between their respective civilizations. Today, the great forests of the Northwest are the gray wolf's last retreat in America as are some of the great forests in Western Europe such as the Carpathians, the Black Forest and vast stretches of Scandinavia. "Child's Play" celebrates the wolf, now listed as an endangered and threatened species. The subtle hidden image of the two Native American children asks that we replace the deep superstitions of our European ancestors and awaken to the joy and wisdom wolves bring to our world.
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Judy Larson - Red Horse
Enveloped in the foggy mist of early morning, a herd of wild horses crowds closely together against the unknown. More elusive to the observer is a pack of wolves that seem to gather with them. In the rugged wilderness that is home to both packs of wolves and heads of horses, many traits are essential for survival. Primary among these is a close-knit reliance on the group which fosters cooperation and companionship, and which aids in preserving the group's integrity. Horses of color were truly prized by Native Americans. The horses in "Packherd" represent the remnants of these carefully-bred herds which played a prominent role in Native American society.
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Judy Larson - Packerd
Enveloped in the foggy mist of early morning, a herd of wild horses crowds closely together against the unknown. More elusive to the observer is a pack of wolves that seem to gather with them. In the rugged wilderness that is home to both packs of wolves and heads of horses, many traits are essential for survival. Primary among these is a close-knit reliance on the group which fosters cooperation and companionship, and which aids in preserving the group's integrity. Horses of color were truly prized by Native Americans. The horses in "Packherd" represent the remnants of these carefully-bred herds which played a prominent role in Native American society.
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Judy Larson - The Family Tree
Casting an over-the-shoulder glance, a male grizzly takes a second look at a favorite oak tree. Was that an acorn he had missed? Or, for an instant, had he seen in the twigs and branches, a mate with a cub or two, or perhaps three?
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Judy Larson - And Then There Were None
Now unattended, but bonded forever by their heritage, a small band of Indian horses find company and solace in each other. Although unspoken, their grouping pays homage to kinder days and to the one who once possessed them, the last of his tribe.
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Judy Larson - Nine to Five
Five Indian ponies sense an inexplicable presence. As they make their way through the rocks and trees down the steep hillside, their uneasiness is conveyed to their riders. Warily, the party pauses. By happenstance, these five Native Americans have chanced upon a place so filled with the spirit of the wolf that even the rocks and trees attest to its power. After today, the five riders' medicine will be stronger and more powerful, having been blessed by nine natural benefactors.
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Judy Larson - Undercover Agent
Perfectly camouflaged in a wintery scene of deep shadows and dormant trees, a black wolf blends into his surroundings. Only his pink tongue gives him away. Numerous wolves once roamed the country which today encompasses the Apache Indian Reservation in Northeast Arizona. They, like so many of their kin elsewhere, were hunted into oblivion many years ago.
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Judy Larson - Medicine Crow
In many ways, Medicine Crow, a Mountain Crow, born in 1848, was typical of the Native American of his day--steadfast and loyal to his people, an important contributor to his tribe. His 'medicine' (an object thought to give control over natural or magical forces) was a hawk, which he wore as part of his headdress. In battle, it was more important for him to touch his enemy--count coup--than it was for him to kill his enemy. Medicine Crow fought for the white man twice, against the Nez Perce in Chief Joseph's retreat and against the Sioux under Sitting Bull when they were seeking sanctuary in Canada.
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