'Coup Marks' group to market reservation art

PABLO — COUP MARKS is an inter-tribal organization comprised of Native American artists and craftsmen living on the Flathead Reservation.

The name COUP MARKS symbolizes the individual artist's mark on their work - in the same sense as the Plains Indian's historic practice of counting coup (making their mark).

Major objectives of COUP MARKS include providing marketing possibilities to reservation artists and craftsmen, encouraging traditional arts and crafts products, and preserving cultural traditions.

There are many talented and hard-working Indian artists here on the reservation who produce beautiful arts and crafts. It is COUP MARKS' intention to provide a means of selling to a market willing to appreciate those arts and crafts. Group members also believe that by encouraging the productivity of Indian artists and crafts people, COUP MARKS is helping to support traditional tribal ways.

For more information on the group, call Coup Marks at 883-4317. Or, write to them at P.O.Box 491, Pablo MT 59855.