Little Turtle, Carm(elita) 1952-

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LITTLE TURTLE, Carm(elita) 1952-

PERSONAL: Born June 4, 1952, in Santa Maria, CA. Education: Navajo Community College, R.N., 1978; studied photography at University of New Mexico and College of the Redwoods.

ADDRESSES: Agent—Old Town Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ 85232.

CAREER: Operating room nurse, 1978—. Shenandoah Films, producer and photographer, 1980-83; artist in Flagstaff, AZ. Exhibitions: Work represented in solo and group shows, including exhibitions at Center for Creative Photography at University of Arizona, American Indian Contemporary Arts, American Indian Community House Gallery in New York, and Smithsonian Institution; works collected at Heard Museum, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Western Arts Americana Library, and Princeton University.

AWARDS, HONORS: Fellowship from Western States Arts Federation, 1993.

WRITINGS:

I Stand in the Center of the Good, edited by Lawrence Abbott, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1994.

Contributor to exhibition catalogs. Contributor to periodicals, including Aperture and American Indian Art.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

St. James Guide to Native North American Artists, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1998, pp. 312-315.*