Eveli Sabatie was born in Algeria in 1940, and raised between Morocco and Paris. In 1968, she moved to San Francisco, where she would meet both the Hopi Nation and the legendary Native American jeweler Charles Loloma. Their four-year collaboration resulted in some of the most innovative works of Loloma’s career, and Loloma named Eveli of one of only two protégés. Eveli continued to produce exceptional and imaginative jewelry and art for a further 24 years. She is the recipient of the Silver at the New Mexico Crafts Biennial, 1974, and has had several solo exhibitions, at the Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2016-2017); Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1970s- 1990s); Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona (1982); The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona (1980s); The Elements, New York, NY (1980s); Gallery 3, Phoenix, Arizona (1971). She has had her writing published in Loloma, Beauty is his Name by Martha Hopkins Struever (2005), The Creative Lapidary by Frank W. Long (1976), Turquoise, The Gem of the Century by Oscar Branson (1975), and many other articles and newspaper articles. Her masterpieces are sought after by collectors from around the world. Cheri Falkenstein Doyle is a curator, author, and the lead researcher on the Acequia Madre House legacy project, as part of the International Women’s Study Center. She co-authored Nature Nurtures (The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2011) and contributed to Clay People: Pueblo Indian Figurative Traditions, among many others. Mark Bahti is a researcher and author who collects and writes about Native American art. His books include A Consumer’s Guide to Southwest Indian Art, Pueblo Stories and Storytellers, Navajo Sandpainting Art (co-authored with Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe), Collecting Southwest Native American Jewelry, and many more. He is currently working on a book about the history of Southwest Native American jewelry. He is involved in many Native-run organisations that address education, health and employment issues.
