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48 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2024 for taking a deer from their lands. Francisco and Cheyenne applied Wolf water-based make-up by hand to make the body paint as authentic as possible. ey finger-stippled the transitions from light to dark colors for a so blend. e realism of all the face and body paint happened once the make-up settled, faded, and became imperfect. For hair, I braided down Leroy's long hair on his crown and "sewed" it in a flat spiral to create a base for the lace topper that Anna custom- made. Because we wouldn't be able to be with Leroy while he raced across the planes on his horse or while being "attacked" for the scene, the hairpiece and bound faux eagle feathers had to have stability and longevity. I achieved this by sewing on the topper and not using any hairpins. A little trick I learned from Local 706 hair stylist Jani Kleinbard from Dancing With the Stars. To match the dirt and dust in the hair, the ordinarily bright white eagle feathers were dirtied, browned, and split. Eagle feathers. I grew up in Montana, where natives and their culture are part of our modern life, not just in history books. I've spent time on reservations and have a deep respect for American Indian culture. I feel I have always known that eagle feathers are sacred to the native people. One of our native specialty riders, Reo Ramirez of the Crow, Comanche, and Pueblo Nations, extrapolated on this. He explained that there is ceremony and purpose in wearing feathers, and they are not just casually scooped off the ground and tied in one's hair. Wearing eagle feathers in the hair pays tribute to the eagle's strength and power and invokes those qualities for themselves. Legally and respectfully, I could not use real eagle feathers on our actors, so I airbrushed, painted, and dry-brushed several turkey feathers to create replicas. Each actor wearing feathers in their hair chose the ones they wanted. e Pawnee (Dustin and Joe Williams) were known to pluck the sides of their hair and use animal fat to li the Mohawks. Anna and I had fun creating the Pawnee hair together. I did an extra close shave with a 000 blade and electric finishing razors. e scalp needed to appear completely hairless. e top hair was texturized and point cut. We used Goldwell's mousse color to darken Joe's lightened hair and a small round brush to give body and li to his pompadour. Once the shape was formed, Gorilla Snot was worked through the base to give hold and match the natural stiffness of Dustin's hair, which naturally stuck up. We added hair extensions to both men for length in the back and several faux eagle feathers wrapped in leather and sinew string secured onto clamps for easy placement. Francisco built latex skins that were pierced and glued to the ears. What appeared to be heavy silver earrings lined the length of the ears. e Pawnee war paint included a deep red blended into the skin and a black handprint on the lower jaw and cheek. Hand applications of the paint kept the look authentic. A sole Salish Indian scout (Lyndell Chee) traveled with the Sykes family—Chee's hair had a side part with height at the crown and two braids on each side of his head wrapped together with leather and bound with leather lace straps. For continuity, the leather panels and straps were wetted before wrapping the hair for the first time. Once dried, the leather straps le a set pattern to follow each day. e Tohono O'odham (Papago) and the Akimel O'odham (Pima) men traditionally had their front hair cut off squarely across the forehead. e ear locks were sometimes braided with ornaments of shell or bone. e Papago and Pima had long been enemies of the Apache. In Horizon, a group of them traveled with the hunters and trackers. eir hair and clothing were only reminiscent of their traditional ways. Small elements like beads and locks of hair from their kills were added to their hair. ese elements may not have stood out, seen, or explained to the viewer, but I still find the unseen important to a character. PIONEERS The Women Kevin has spoken oen about the strength of the women in Horizon. Traveling by wagon train to homestead in the unsettled lands of western America was not for the weak; all had their strength, will, and endurance tested. ough our characters were not living in sophisticated settlements, they still would have kept up the general style of the times. Hair was traditionally pulled back with a center part. e weight of the hair on the sides was between the nape and the top of the ear. Large U-shaped hair pins or combs would secure the hair Lyndell Chee Francisco Perez and Leroy 'Buster' Silva (Mimbreño Brave)