Alex Jacobs

Alex Jacobs (born 1953), also known as Karoniaktatie, is an Akwesasronon artist, poet, and radio host. He, along with January Rogers, make up the poetry collective Ikkwenyes. They co-produced the poetry CD Got Your Back. His artwork has been displayed at locations such as the American Indian Archaeological Institute.

Early life and career He attended the Manitou Community College at LaMacaza, Quebec and graduated with an AFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. He also attended a summer session at the Alfred College of Ceramics and graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a BFA in Sculptor and Creative Writing.

Jacobs worked for the Mohawk Nation newspaper and Akwesasne Notes, an international native journal, as a poetry editor from 1972 to 1974 and a co-editor from 1983 to 1986. His second, Loving... in the Reagan Era, was released in the 1990s. It is a beat-inspired autobiographical and social examination of the 1980s where Jacobs wrote about his work at a nuclear power plant, his children, Indians, Ronald Reagan's policies, and the truth about the American Dream. It relates both his personal experience and provides a cultural critique.

In 1979 Jacobs did his first performance piece with an artistic band that consists of other Santa Fe artists called Tribal Dada at the Kansas City Art Institute. The purpose of the group was to create some kind of artistic movement in Santa Fe. The group also performed in 1992.

In the early days, Jacobs also used his mother's calico scraps, cigarette packaging and butter wrappers for material for his art.