Annual Honoring of the Elders Gathering

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Annual Honoring of the Elders Gathering

Annual Honoring of the Elders GatheringAnnual Honoring of the Elders GatheringAnnual Honoring of the Elders Gathering
  • Home
  • Event Information
    • About the Event
    • Protocol
    • Our Partners
    • In Memory Of
  • About Us
    • TENA Council
    • Council and Committee
    • Our History
  • Photos
    • 2024 Gathering
    • 2023 Gathering
    • 2010 Honoring
  • Vendor Information

Welcome Vendors

We invite you to join us at the 37th Annual Honoring of the Elders Gathering. As an arts and crafts/supply vendor, you play an important role in providing supplies and beautiful jewelry , clothing items and leather goods. Please read below for helpful information. We hope to see you this year. If you would like to register a booth for the weekend, please complete the form below. 


NOTE: We are currently at capacity and will no longer accept vendor applications.

The deadline for receipt of the vendor registration and payment is 

Friday, May 9, 2025.


Booth Options

  • Info Booth :: There is no fee if the purpose of your booth is to exclusively share information with the public.
  • 10x10 Arts and Crafts :: $225
  • 10x20  Arts and Crafts :: $375
  • Food booth :: $600

Email our Vendor Coordinator and she will be in touch!

tinnneahvasquez@gmail.com

Vendor Dos and Don'ts

DO

DON'T

DON'T

  1. Send vendor registration, photocopy of your seller permit and money order payment as soon as possible, but no later than May 9, 2025. 
  2. Call if you have any questions. 
  3. Arrive on Friday. No one is allowed to set up prior to Friday. All booths face the arbor and all spots are good ones. The outside of our arbor area is un-graded, so there may be some spots that are a little uneven. 
  4. Remind all members of your camp that this is clean and sober event, absolutely no drinking or drugs are allowed.
  5. Have fun!


DON'T

DON'T

DON'T

  1. Park behind your booth if there is limited emergency vehicle space available. Do not park more than one car behind your booth. This should be the one whose license plate is listed on the application. 
  2. No selling of sage, copal, sweet grass, and/or pipes. No offering to give any of the before mentioned if a certain dollar purchase is made.

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (Summary)

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) is a truth-in-advertising law that prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of Indian arts and crafts products within the United States. It is illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian Tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization, resident within the United States. For a first time violation of the Act, an individual can face civil or criminal penalties up to a $250,000 fine or a 5-year prison term, or both. If a business violates the Act, it can face civil penalties or can be prosecuted and fined up to $1,000,000.

Under the Act, an Indian is defined as a member of any federally or State recognized Indian Tribe, or an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe. The law covers all Indian and Indian-style traditional and contemporary arts and crafts produced after 1935. The Act broadly applies to the marketing of arts and crafts by any person in the United States. Some traditional items frequently copied by non-Indians include Indian-style jewelry, pottery, baskets, carved stone fetishes, woven rugs, kachina dolls, and clothing.

All products must be marketed truthfully regarding the Indian heritage and tribal affiliation of the producers, so as not to mislead the consumer. It is illegal to market an art or craft item using the name of a tribe if a member, or certified Indian artisan, of that tribe did not actually create the art or craft item.

For example, products sold using a sign claiming "Indian Jewelry" would be a violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act if the jewelry was produced by someone other than a member, or certified Indian artisan, of an Indian tribe. Products advertised as "Hopi Jewelry" would be in violation of the Act if they were produced by someone who is not a member, or certified Indian artisan, of the Hopi tribe.

If you purchase an art or craft product represented to you as Indian-made, and you learn that it is not, first contact the dealer to request a refund. If the dealer does not respond to your request, you can also contact your local Better Business Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, and the local District Attorney's office, as you would with any consumer fraud complaint. Second, contact the Indian Arts and Crafts Board with your written complaint regarding violations of the Act.

Before buying Indian arts or crafts at powwows, annual fairs, juried competitions, and other events, check the event requirements on the authenticity of products being offered for sale. Many events list the requirements in newspaper advertisements, promotional flyers, and printed programs. If the event organizers make no statements on compliance with the Act or on the authenticity of Indian arts and crafts offered by participating vendors, you should obtain written certification from the individual vendors that their Indian arts or craftwork were produced by tribal members or by certified Indian artisans.

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