http://tahomablog.com First the book, then the blog Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:46:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The mystery of Tahoma's family ties haunted us for years. He told everyone during his lifetime that he had no family.  Some people we talked to believed very strongly that he was raised by non-Indians. Partly they believed that because he had a damaged (or perhaps withered) arm. Since Tahoma ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/06/who-were-tahomas-parents/ August 30, 2004 - Charnell's visit with Jean McSwain       It was a magical weekend. I just returned from California, where I spent two days as the guest of Tahoma’s very special lady friend from the early 1940s.  I'd had many phone conversations with Jean and her wonderful husband Larry (now deceased) off ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/06/199/ I told you how I met Quincy Tahoma's artist friend, Ramos Sanchez through Rex Arrowsmith, an Indian arts dealer and expert. This is about my attempt to find Ramos.  When I knew that I was going to be in Santa Fe, I called Ramos and asked if I could come ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/06/different-answers/ Last weekend I had a phone call from Ramos Sanchez from San Ildefonso pueblo.  Ramos had read the manuscript of Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist and wanted to make two small corrections.  "Is that all?" I asked. "Yep. You two sure did a lot of ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/06/ramos-sanchez-friends-tahoma/ We pursued the leads from the January 2005 copies of National Archives Santa Fe Indian School records. David Brugge explained that the closest he could come to the name Sigantizo that we found on the school record as a guardian, would be the Navajo word Teghanitso, which could have been ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/05/tracking-tahoma-in-the-census-records/ [caption id="attachment_171" align="alignright" width="225" caption="New Orleans Balconies"][/caption] I've just returned from a few days in the wonderful, timeless city of New Orleans.  I could not help wondering if Quincy Tahoma ever saw that city?  The odds are slim, but the possibility persists. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, a French Catholic religious ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/05/quincys-wandering-to-louisiana/ In January 2005 we E-mailed the National Archives Western Regional Office in Denver and learned that they had some incomplete school records from Santa Fe Indian School. We were disappointed to learn that they had none from Albuquerque or from Tuba City Boarding School, but excited to find out they ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/05/national-archives/ Was it possible that Quincy Tahoma actually did not know his clan as he said? He told people that he had no parents, and that information was in the school records that we found at the National Archives Western office in Denver. But somebody cared for him as a child--and ... http://tahomablog.com/2009/05/quincy-tahomas-clan/