Let your words rise to new heights when written in our Mountain Dreams Notebook by Blackfeet artist and Inspired Natives® Collaborator John Isaiah Pepion.
“For Blackfoot People, we believe our power comes from the mountains,” shares John. “They're the source of everything: berries and roots, healing medicines, natural earth pigments which we use in our paints, buffalo, deer, and other animals. We also travel to the mountains for vision quests, and as places to go to get answers or to clear your mind.”
The classic “stair-step” design of the mountains seen here are traditionally found in Blackfoot beadwork and in parfleche containers. Now it adorns our beautiful and high-quality notebook, ready to help you find clarity and inspiration.
About the Artist
My name is John Isaiah Pepion, and I am a Plains Indian graphic artist from the Piikani Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy. I'm based out of the Blackfeet reservation in north-central Montana, where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. I am best known for my ledger art, which is an art tradition that developed in Plains tribes: as the buffalo hide we traditionally used for painting became scarce, Plains people were forced to adapt by making artwork on ledger paper from accounting books. I come from a family of artists, and ledger art has been in my family for hundreds of years.
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