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Tag Archives: Santa Fe Indian School
Navajo Comfort Food
Post by Charnell Lordie, how Quincy Tahoma longed for mutton stew! Friends said he craved it all his life, especially during his earlier years at the Santa Fe Indian School where mutton stew was nowhere to be found. Once in … Continue reading
Posted in Tahoma's Family, Tahoma's Personal Life
Tagged herding sheep, Mutton Stew, Navajo Food, recipe, Santa Fe Indian School
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To Market, To Market
Post by Vera We know that Quincy Tahoma created hundreds of paintings. We know that he gave some away, or traded them for food or drinks or a place to sleep. But many, many people bought his paintings during his … Continue reading
Tahoma’s Horses
Post by Charnell Quincy Tahoma, the Navajo artist, loved horses. I mean he LOVED horses. When he began to earn a little money from selling his drawings through the Santa Fe Indian School’s store, he saved up and bought a … Continue reading
Research Leads to Rare Experiences
The researcher never knows where her questions will lead. Here is part of a story recently posted at Your Life Is a Trip by Vera Marie Badertscher about insights into Native American culture that she got while gathering information about … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Quincy
A character in a novel starts as a blank page. The author creates a name, a birthplace, a locale, a personality and talents.
Posted in Girl Friends, Navajo, Tahoma's Family
Tagged Birthday, Christmas, Quincy Tahoma, Santa Fe Indian School, Tuba City
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New Info on Important Man in QT’s Life
When Quincy Tahoma left Santa Fe High School, after extending his schooling for an extra year to concentrate on his art–a common practice at that time–he was fortunate to have the mentorship of eminent photographer T. Harmon Parkhurst. Parkhurst has … Continue reading
Connecting with Fans of American Indian Art
We now have a Twitter account, @QuincyTahoma, and invite you to join us if you’re on Twitter. Oh the wonderful connections just waiting out there in Internet land! Here’s a nice little story. A few posts ago we told you … Continue reading
Indian Boarding Schools Changing in 1930s
This post by Vera Marie Perhaps the most controversial part of our book will be our treatment of American Indian boarding schools. While we acknowledge that the boarding schools were disruptive and damaging to American Indian youth when they were … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothy Dunn, Quincy Tahoma, Santa Fe Indian School, SFIS, Tuba City
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