About the artist:

Henry Niese (1924-2016) participated in over one hundred ceremonies and danced in thirty-seven Sun Dances, including hosting Sun Dances at his own Eagle Voice Center in Maryland. He carried on the work of Bill Eagle Feather by performing healings and giving seminars and workshops throughout the United States on medicinal plants and Native healing. He was also jazz musician and a professional artist whose paintings appeared in many museums, including the National Collection of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., and the Whitney Museum in New York City.