Hastiin Klah
, , birth_date = 1867 , birth_place = Bear Mountain, near Fort Wingate, New Mexico , death_date = February 27, 1937 , death_place = , nationality = American / Navajo , spouse = , field = Weaver, artist and medicine man (chanting and sandpainting) , training = , movement = Founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian with Mary Cabot Wheelwright , works = , patrons = , awards = , elected = , website = , bgcolour = Hosteen Klah ( nv, , 1867– February 27, 1937) was a Navajo artist and medicine man. He documented aspects of Navajo religion and related ceremonial practices. As a traditional ''nádleehi'' person, he was both a ceremonial singer and master weaver. Background Hosteen (spelled "Hastiin" in the Navajo language) Klah was born to Navajo parents Hoksay Nolyae and Ahson Tsosie in 1867 in the Tunicha Valley of New Mexico, USA. He was called "Klah" for being left- ...
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Fort Wingate, New Mexico
Fort Wingate was a military installation near Gallup, New Mexico. There were two other locations in New Mexico called Fort Wingate: Seboyeta, New Mexico (1849–1862) and San Rafael, New Mexico (1862–1868). The most recent Fort Wingate (1868–1993) was established at the former site of Fort Lyon, on Navajo territory, initially to control and "protect" the large Navajo tribe to its north. The Fort at San Rafael was the staging point for the