In 2009, I created a beautiful presentation folder with custom pockets and inserts to be included as part of the reception for the United South and Eastern Tribes’ 40th Anniversary celebration. Founded in 1969 by the Eastern Band of Cherokee, the Mississippi Choctaw, the Miccosukee Tribe and the Seminole tribe of Florida, USET, as it has come to be known, has served as an advocate for tribal concerns for Native Nations east of the Mississippi River in Washington, DC.

The commemorative book was a 160 page red leather-bound collectible book with an enamel-painted gold commemorative plaque on the cover. To date, it’s been one of the most ambitious projects I’ve worked on. It included a biography and photos of all 25 Tribes that are members of USET, as well as the history of the organization and its cabinet members.