Gary and Elsie Yoyokie

Gary and Elsie Yoyokie live on Third Mesa, Arizona at Kykotsmovi on the Hopi reservation.  During their distinguished careers as silversmiths, the Yoyokies have won many awards at major shows and exhibits, including the Santa Fe Indian Market, where their unique jewelry has won dozens of ribbons, including Best of Division awards.  The Yoyokies were selected as Fellowship winners by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts in 1993 in recognition of their beautifully designed and crafted silverwork.  They were also honored by the Museum of Northern Arizona, which presented the Yoyokies with the Charles Loloma Award of Excellence.  They have won many ribbons, including Best of Division at the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, Best of Show at the Twin Cities Indian Market in Minneapolis, as well as awards from the Eight Northern Pueblos Indian Arts and Crafts Exhibit, the  Sedona Hopi Show, the Lawrence, Kansas Museum of Anthropopogy Indian Arts Show, the American Indian Art Festival in Dallas and numerous other major shows.

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