First the artist... Robert “Bob” Annesley is a Native American artist who was born in 1943. Born to a Cherokee Indian father from the Cookson Hills in Oklahoma, and an Irish mother of a Texas ranching family, Robert Annesley became a poet, historian, sculptor, painter and printmaker focusing on subjects of his Native-American heritage. He has said that he is "more Irish than Cherokee, and I'm proud of both, but for some reason I am drawn to my Indian-ness."
"Choctaw Patterns". The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana. | "Cherokee Patterns". The Cherokee (Aniyvwiyai, Anigiduwagi, or Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, edges of western South Carolina, northern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama. Their language is part of the Iroquoian language group |