Tag Archives: David Brugge

Albuquerque

Post by Vera Marie I’ll be heading to Albuquerque later this week in order to speak at the BookWorks book store about Quincy Tahoma’s life and art.  I’m delighted that David Brugge, who wrote the foreword to Quincy Tahoma: The … Continue reading

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A Home for Tahoma in Scottsdale

Post by Vera Marie We are continuing the story of Tahoma’s wanderings from Santa Fe, which started with this post about going to Albuquerque. When Quincy Tahoma left Albuquerque, and the apartment that David Brugge and Jim Wilson had supplied … Continue reading

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Blood on the Skull and A Move to Albuquerque

Post by Vera Marie The two young men who had been roaming through the southwest and Mexico collecting crafts and artifacts got to the point where they had accumulated more than they could handle. Although they had traded, like ancient … Continue reading

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Good Reads About American Indian Art

If you are interested in American Indian Art—and of course you are, or you would not be here, right?–you might be interested in the following tidbits. Events Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show, American Indian Expo, Flamingo Quality Inn, Stone … Continue reading

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People Talk about Tahoma Book

As we prepare to present the biography of Quincy Tahoma to the reading public, we have been gathering quotations from fans of Tahoma, and people who have read the manuscript.  Here are a few quotations that make us feel very … Continue reading

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Tahoma’s Artistic Penmanship

In our last post, I mentioned Tahoma’s loopy handwriting, but we didn’t give you a look at it.  He wrote in a style that was more common in the 19th century than in the early 20th century when he lived. … Continue reading

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What Was Quincy Tahoma’s Clan?

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 … Continue reading

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David Brugge

I would like to introduce David Brugge, because he became one of the most important resources that we had as we tried to answer our many questions about Quincy Tahoma. Several people recommended that we talk to David Brugge, who, … Continue reading

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