Indigenous
New England
"We're Still Here"
Online Exhibit:
"We're Still Here"
Online Exhibit
Contemporary Indigenous New England Artists
Alice Stevens
Alice Stevens is an Abenaki jeweler from Union, NH.
"I am of Abenaki descent, also French, English, and Scottish, but I relate mostly to my Abenaki heritage; this is who I am! When I was twenty-four years old I decided that I wanted to be a silversmith. I was already making jewelry. I remembered watching a friend of mine silversmith a few years before and I thought to myself, 'I can do that.' So I started to gather up the tools of the trade and one day I sat down and I did it! I never had any formal training or anything like that, but if I ran into a problem I did know some people to turn to for questions. So, here I am, ten years later.
"I started out making a lot of turquoise and red coral jewelry because I love it, but that is associated with the southwest and I wanted people to know that there were still Indians here in New England (people seem to assume that all the Indians are out west.) So I started making Trade Silver and working with wampum and putting Northeastern Woodland designs on everything. I'm proud of my Abenaki heritage and I want everyone to know that we are still here!"
Alice Stevens contact info: 603-473-2746
PO Box 293, Union, NH 03887
