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Santa Fe Indian School
The Federal Government established the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS) in 1890 to educate Native American children from tribes throughout the Southwestern United States. The purpose of creating SFIS was an attempt to assimilate the Native American children into the wider United States culture and economy.Santa Fe Indian School. (2011). About SFIS. Retrieved February 9, 2015, from Santa Fe Indian School: http://www.sfis.k12.nm.us/about_sfis In 1975, the All Indian Pueblo Council (AIPC) was formed. It was the first Indian organization to utilize the laws in place to contract an education for their children. Eventually, the AIPC was able to leverage complete control of the school and curriculum. In 2001, with the passing of the SFIS Act, the school took ownership of the land. The school resides on the form of a trust, which is held by the nineteen Pueblo Governors of New Mexico. These acts allow for complete educational sovereignty of the school, by the Pueblo.Santa Fe Indian School. (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1501 Cerrillos Road
Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * 15 (Buckcherry album), ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * 15 (Ani Lorak album), ''15'' (Ani Lorak album), 2007 * 15 (Phatfish album), ''15'' (Phatfish album), 2008 * 15 (mixtape), ''15'' (mixtape), a 2018 mixtape by Bhad Bhabie * Fifteen (Green River Ordinance album), ''Fifteen'' (Green River Ordinance album), 2016 * Fifteen (The Wailin' Jennys album), ''Fifteen'' (The Wailin' Jennys album), 2017 * ''Fifteen'', a 2012 album by Colin James Songs *Fifteen (song), "Fifteen" (song), a 2008 song by Taylor Swift *"Fifteen", a song by Harry Belafonte from the album ''Love Is a Gentle Thing'' *"15", a song by Rilo Kiley from the album ''Under the Blacklight'' *"15", a song by Marilyn Manson from the album ''The High End of Low'' *"The 15th", a 1979 song by Wire Other uses *Fifteen, Ohio, a community in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Begay
Harrison Begay, also known as Haashké yah Níyá (meaning "Warrior Who Walked Up to His Enemy" or "Wandering Boy") (November 15, 1914 or 1917 – August 18, 2012) was a renowned Diné ( Navajo) painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Begay specialized in watercolors, gouache, and silkscreen prints. At the time of his death in 2012, he was the last living, former student of Dorothy Dunn and Geronima C. Montoya at the Santa Fe Indian School. His work has won multiple awards and is exhibited in museums and private collections worldwide and he was among the most famous Diné artists of his generation. Early life and education Harrison Begay was born circa 15 November 1917, in Whitecone, Arizona. Begay's birth year has also been recorded as 1914. His parents were Black Rock and Zonnie/Ah-Hin Nil-bah and he had eight siblings. His mother belonged to the Red Forehead Clan, and his father was from the Zuñi Deer Clan. He grew up in a hogan, where he was raised tending goats and shee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablita Velarde
Pablita Velarde (September 19, 1918 – January 12, 2006) born Tse Tsan ( Tewa: "Golden Dawn") was an American Pueblo artist and painter. Early life and education Velarde was born on Santa Clara Pueblo near Española, New Mexico on September 19, 1918. After the death of her mother, when Velarde was about five years old, she and two of her sisters were sent to St Catherine's Indian School in Santa Fe. At the age of fourteen, she was accepted to Dorothy Dunn's Santa Fe Studio School at the Santa Fe Indian School and was one of the first women students. There, she became an accomplished painter in the Dunn style, known as "flatstyle" painting. Concerned about the rapid changes in native lifestyles, she described the School's flat painting narrative style as "memory paintings" which could help preserve older ways of life. In her early classes she befriended artist Tonita Peña, who influenced her style. Work Velarde's early paintings were exclusively watercolors, but later in li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Tahoma
Quincy Tahoma (1921–1956) was a Navajo painter from Arizona and New Mexico. Biography Youth Quincy Tahoma was born near Tuba City, Arizona on Christmas Day 1921. Tahoma means "Water Edge".Quincy (Water Edge) Tahoma (1921–1956). ''AskArt.'' (retrieved 18 May 2009) As a young boy he became familiar with many religious and traditional chants and rituals. He also was known for creating "s." As a boy he spent much of his time hunting and fishing, and later in life he drew much of his artistic inspiration from his boyhood experiences. Santa Fe (Dorothy Dunn Studio) Tahoma studied art in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oqwa Pi
Oqwa Pi (English: Red Cloud or Kachina Stick) also known as Abel Sanchez (1899–1971), was a San Ildefonso Pueblo painter, muralist, and politician. Pi was known for his brightly colored paintings. He served as governor of the San Ildefonso Pueblo for six terms. Biography Oqwa Pi was born in 1899 in San Ildefonso Pueblo (Tewa: ''P'ohwhóge Owingeh'') in New Mexico. He was educated at the Santa Fe Indian School, where he learned watercolor and mural paintings; he studied with Dorothy Dunn. The Indian School later commissioned him to create murals at the school. He then returned to the pueblo where he married and had a number of children. In 1931, the Exhibition of Indian Tribal Arts at the Grand Central Galleries in New York City happened, and as a result, Pi's work toured and was shown nationally including at the Museum of Modern Art. He attended the Santa Fe Indian School, studying under Dorothy Dunn. Pi has a mural at the Santa Fe Indian School, in the dining room. Oqwa Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jose Encarnacion Peña
Jose Encarnacion Peña, also known as Encarnacion Peña, and Soqween (1902–1979) was a Native American painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. He is best known for his watercolors of Pueblo ceremonies and he was an early participant in the San Ildefonso school and later in the "Santa Fe Studio Style" art movement. History Born in 1902 in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. His name Soqween (So Kwa Wi, So Kwa A Weh) translates to "Frost on the Mountain". His aunt was potter Maria Martinez. In the 1920s he was painting in the San Ildefonso Pueblo alongside many of the other early San Ildefonso school artists. In the early 1930s, Pena studied with painting with Dorothy Dunn at "The Studio" of the Santa Fe Indian School. His artwork was exhibited widely including at the Riverside Museum (1969) in New York City; Renaissance Society (1958) in Chicago; Santa Fe Indian Market (1959, winning first place for painting at the Fiesta Indian Market), and many other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Nailor, Sr
Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Irish language Gearalt. Gerald is less common as a surname. The name is also found in French as Gérald. Geraldine is the feminine equivalent. Given name People with the name Gerald include: Politicians * Gerald Boland, Ireland's longest-serving Minister for Justice * Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States * Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, Lord Chancellor from 1964 to 1970 * Gerald Häfner, German MEP * Gerald Klug, Austrian politician * Gerald Lascelles (other), several people * Gerald Nabarro, British Conservative politician * Gerald S. McGowan, US Ambassador to Portugal * Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, British diplomat, soldier, and architect Sports * Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-born German football player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Mirabal
Eva Mirabal, also known as Eah-Ha-Wa (which translates from the Tiwa language as 'Fast Growing Corn') (1920–1968) was a Native American painter, muralist, illustrator, and cartoonist from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Her primary medium was gouache, a type of watercolor.Artist Files. Archives of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Early life and education Eva Mirabal was born in 1920 in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. As a child, members of Mirabal’s father Pedro Mirabal posed as models for non-Native American artists, including Nicolai Fechin and Joseph Imhoff, working in Taos, New Mexico.Silverman, Jason. "Drawing from Life (The way we really were)". The Santa Fean, May 2002. p. 33-36. The artist reflected in a 1946 radio interview, “My tribe produces very delicate works of silver. Many fine products are produced by the method of weaving. They also make Indian necklaces and bracelets from the beads…As you can see, I was surrounded by various phases of art in my ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Howe
Oscar Howe (''Mazuha Hokshina'' or "Trader Boy", May 13, 1915 – October 7, 1983) was a Yanktonai Dakota artist from South Dakota, who became well known for his casein and tempera paintings.Libhart, Myles and Vincent Price. ''Contemporary Sioux Painting.'' University States Department of the Interior, 1970:48-51. He is credited with influencing contemporary Native American art, paving the way for future artists.White, Mark Andrew. “Oscar Howe and the Transformation of Native American Art,” ''American Indian Art Magazine'' 23, no. 1 (Winter 1997): 36-43. His art style is marked by bright color, dynamic motion and pristine lines.'Oscar Howe Biograph'y , South Dakota State University Early life and education Oscar Howe was born in 1915 in |
Allan Houser
Allan Capron Houser or Haozous (June 30, 1914 – August 22, 1994) was a Chiricahua Apache sculptor, painter and book illustrator born in Oklahoma."A Tribute." ''Allan Houser.'' Accessed March 26, 2011. He was one of the most renowned Native American painters and sculptors of the 20th century. Houser's work can be found at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the |
Jack Hokeah
Jack Hokeah (December 4, 1901 - December 14, 1969) was a Kiowa painter, one of the Kiowa Six, from Oklahoma. Early life Jack Hokeah was born in 1901 in western Oklahoma.Lester, 239 He was orphaned at a very young age and raised by his grandmother. His grandfather was the Kiowa warrior White Horse. Hokeah attend St. Patrick's Indian Mission School in Anadarko, Oklahoma, and there he received his first art instruction from Sister Olivia Taylor, a Choctaw nun. Susan Peters, the field matron for the Kiowa agency, arranged for Mrs. Willie Baze Lane, an artist from Chickasha, Oklahoma, to provide further art instruction for the young Indians, including Spencer Asah. Recognizing the talent of some of the young artists, Peters convinced Swedish-American artist Oscar Jacobson, director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art, to accept the Kiowa students into a special program at the school, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Herrera
Joe Hilario Herrera (also known as See-Ru; born 1923–2001), was an American Pueblo painter, teacher, radio newscaster, politician, and a Pueblo activist; from a mixed Cochiti and San Ildefonso background. He was the son of the artist Tonita Peña, and had trained at the Santa Fe Indian School. Early life and education Joe Hilario Herrera was born on May 17, 1923, in Cochiti, New Mexico. His father Felipe Herrera, was from Cochiti, where he grew up. While his mother, Tonita Peña was from San Ildefonso. Herrera inherited rich artistic traditions from both of his parents. His early interest in painting was stimulated by watching his mother's husband, Julian Martinez paint, but above all through the strong influence of his mother, who was the most prominent Native American female painter of her generation. Herrera swatted flies away from his mother's paint dishes while she worked, and in return she gave him paint with which he began to experiment at the age of five. Like many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
