Natalie Ball

**Natalie Ball** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1980) ƙwararriyar mai fasaha ce ta Klamath / Modoc wacce ke zaune a Chiloquin, Oregon .  

## Bayani
An haife ta a Portland, Oregon, kuma an yi mata rajista a cikin Kabilun Klamath . Ita ma ƴar asalin Afirka-Amurka ce, Modoc, da kuma Anglo-American .  Ball zuriyar Kientpaush ce,  wanda aka fi sani da Kyaftin Jack (1837–1873), shugaban da ya jagoranci Modocs don yaƙi da Amurka a Yaƙin Modoc na 1872.   Kakanta mai zane ne, kuma goggon ta Peggy Ball, mai gyaran barguna ce. Iyalinta sun ƙaura daga ƙasar Klamath zuwa Portland, Oregon, bayan da aka zartar da Dokar Tsayar da Klamath a 1954. 

Ball tana da ƴaƴa uku, ciki har da ƴa Lofanitani Aisea.  

## Ilimi
Ball ta sami digirinta na farko a fannin fasaha da nazarin ƙabilanci daga Jami'ar Oregon, sannan digirinta na biyu a fannin Fasahar Zane-zane ta Maori daga Jami'ar Massey da ke Palmerston North, New Zealand .   Ta sami digirinta na MFA daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Jami'ar Yale a fannin zane-zane da buga takardu a shekarar 2018.

## Zane-zane

Aikin fasaha na Ball ya haɗa da fasahar shigarwa, fasahar wasan kwaikwayo, fasahar yadi iri-iri, sassaka,  zane, da kuma yin bugu.  Yadinta galibi suna haɗa kalmomi da aka dinka da barguna da tsana waɗanda suka yi daidai da tarihin Modoc da Klamath.  Goggon ta koya mata yin bargo lokacin da Ball yake ƙarami, wanda hakan ya zaburar da babban mai zane don ƙalubalantar zato game da kayan aiki, sana'ar mata, da yadi. 

Shigar da Ball a bikin fasaha, kiɗa, da fina-finai na One Flaming Arrow na shekarar 2015 a Portland, Oregon ya haɗa da kayayyaki iri-iri. Waɗannan sun haɗa da kan coyote, barguna na hannu na Ball, da kuma ainihin guntun jaridu na ƙarni na 19 game da kakan kakanta Kientpaush . Oregon Public Broadcasting ta lura cewa sabon katako da aka yanka a cikin shigarwar, "Tapping Coyote Black," ya sa gidan kayan tarihin ya zama "mai kauri da daɗi tare da ƙamshi na piney." 

Game da shigarwar, Ball ya ce, "Kowa ya san cewa Coyote mai wayo ne: mai hankali da iko, kuma a wasu lokutan Coyote yana yin wauta. Ina ba wa masu kallo Coyote a matsayina na mace, hoton kaina a matsayin mai zane."

Ball ta kwatanta matsayin uwa a matsayin muhimmin abu ga asalinta a matsayin mai zane  kuma ta rubuta cewa aikinta "yana nazarin tattaunawa ta ciki da waje waɗanda ke tsara asalin Indiya."  Ball ta ambaci mai zane Coco Fusco a matsayin abin wahayi, musamman fim ɗin Fusco mai tasiri "Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West," wanda aka ƙirƙira tare da haɗin gwiwar Guillermo Gómez-Peña . 

## Aikin fasaha
Ball ta yi baje kolin a ƙasashen duniya, ciki har da a Hungary da New Zealand .   An haɗa ta a cikin bikin Sharjah na 15 na Biennial : Tunani a Tarihi a Yanzu. 

A ƙasa baki ɗaya, Ball ta yi baje kolin a Gidan Tarihi na Whitney na Fasahar Amurka,  Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Seattle,  Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Portland,  Gidan Tarihi na IAIA na Fasahar Zamani ta 'Yan Asalin Zamani,  SOMArts,  Cibiyar Fasaha ta Zamani,  da Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha ta Zamani ta Nerman, inda ta ƙirƙiri wani tsari, *Taswirar Baƙin Coyote* a 2015. 

## Lambobin yabo da girmamawa
Kyaututtukan da Ball ya samu sun haɗa da Kyautar Asusun Tallafawa Kayan Ado na MRG Foundation, Kyautar Gidauniyar Santo, da Kyautar Joan Shipley ta Hukumar Fasaha ta Oregon (2016). Haka kuma a shekarar 2016, Hukumar Fasaha ta Oregon ta naɗa Ball a matsayin Fellow na Musamman na Masu Fasaha.  A shekarar 2018, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Seattle ya ba ta Kyautar Betty Bowen.  A shekarar 2019, Cibiyar Fasaha ta Crow's Shadow ta ba ta Kyautar Zama ta Golden Spot. 

## Manazarta