One of the best

Winning two awards at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix earlier this month was the fulfillment of a dream for Montana artist Jesse W. Henderson.

"That has been a professional goal of mine since Day One. The best Indian painters in the world are there," said Henderson, who was raised on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and now lives in Missoula.

Henderson received awards for Best in Classification and Best in Division for an oil painting called "Stick Game."

Sponsored annually by the Heard Museum, the Indian Fair & Market is among the most prestigious Indian art fairs in the...