Quincy Tahoma
Quincy Tahoma

Author: Charnell Havens

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780764337086

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Finally, here is the first complete biography of the important Navajo painter, Quincy Tahoma (1917-1956). Over 260 beautiful full color images of his paintings complement the dramatic story told of his life and career as one of the best artists of his generation. Tahoma's life journey includes early adoption, recognition of his unique talent, and a meteoric rise to fame in the Santa Fe art world followed by alcoholism. Following research into spotty records, the authors completed this compelling true story through oral histories from over 50 people, most of whom knew Tahoma personally. This book includes his work from his formative years discovering art at the Santa Fe Indian School to his winning the coveted Philbrook Award. The paintings display the range of the artist's considerable talents, from the tranquil scene of a napping baby antelope to action-packed buffalo hunts. Many of the pieces shown in the book have never before been seen in public.

The Man Made of Words
The Man Made of Words

Author: N. Scott Momaday

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780312187422

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Collects the author's writings on sacred geography, Billy the Kid, actor Jay Silverheels, ecological ethics, Navajo place names, and old ways of knowing.

The Names
The Names

Author: N. Scott Momaday

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1987-11-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0816545456

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Of all of the works of N. Scott Momaday,The Names may be the most personal. A memoir of his boyhood in Oklahoma and the Southwest, it is also described by Momaday as "an act of the imagination. When I turn my mind to my early life, it is the imaginative part of it that comes first and irresistibly into reach, and of that part I take hold." Complete with family photos, The Names is a book that will captivate readers who wish to experience the Native American way of life.

Sequoyah
Sequoyah

Author: James Rumford

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004-11-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0547528728

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The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea—to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nation—and the world of the 1820s—with its beauty and simplicity. James Rumford’s Sequoyah is a poem to celebrate literacy, a song of a people’s struggle to stand tall and proud.

Santa Fe
Santa Fe

Author: Elizabeth West

Publisher: Sunstone Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0865348766

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This question-and-answer book contains 400 reminders of what is known and what is sometimes forgotten or misunderstood about a city that was founded more than 400 years ago. Not a traditional history book, this group of questions is presented in an apparently random order, and the answers occasionally meander off topic, as if part of a casual conversation.

Woven from the Center
Woven from the Center

Author: Diane Dittemore

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0816552630

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Woven from the Center presents breathtaking basketry from some of the greatest weavers in the Greater Southwest. Each sandal and mat fragment, each bowl and jar, every water bottle and whimsy is infused with layers of aesthetic, cultural, and historical meanings. This book offers stunning photos and descriptions of woven works from Indigenous communities across the U.S. Southwest and Northwest Mexico.

Native Universe
Native Universe

Author: Gerald McMaster

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781426203350

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This gorgeous volume draws from the vast archives of the National Museum of the American Indian, and features the voices and perspectives of some of the most prominent Native American scholars, writers, and activists. 350 color photographs.

The Arts of the North American Indian
The Arts of the North American Indian

Author: Philbrook Art Center

Publisher: Hudson Hills

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780933920569

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Fourteen authorities explore sociology, anthropology, art history of Native American creativity.

American Indians in a Modern World
American Indians in a Modern World

Author: Donald Lee Fixico

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780759111707

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American Indians in a Modern World recounts how American Indians, tribal communities, and tribal governments have survived and flourished in the period following the Dawes Land Allotment Act of 1887, especially through tremendous cultural resilience.