About Us

The co-owners of Buffalo Barry’s Indian Art are husband and wife team, Barry Walsh and Valerie Wedge. Indian art is our shared long-time passion. 

Brief Biographies

Barry Walsh is the founder of BBIA.  He is a frequent author on Native American subjects. His book, “Hopi Katsina Anomalies: the Unusual, Rare and Unique,” was published by Rio Nuevo Press in 2024. His book, “The Great Tradition of Hopi Katsina Carvers, 1880 – Present” was published by Rio Nuevo Press in 2019. He has written articles on Wilson Tawaquaptewa, Otto Pentewa, Jimmie Kewanwytewa, Jimmie Koots, and Mavasta Honyouti. Barry also wrote an article for Indian Trader in which he infiltrated a Navajo “kachina” factory and disclosed their assembly line methods. 

In his other life, Barry is a PhD therapist who specializes in treating self-injury and suicide prevention. He has written three books on these subjects and has presented internationally. 

Valerie Wedge has her M.S.W. from Boston College. She is the Director of the Employee Assistance Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA.