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Tag Archives: Tuba City
Remembering Tahoma’s Family Past
This photo is posted as part of Travel Photo Thursday, and you can see more photos at Budget Travel Sandbox. Vera and Charnell traveled to Tuba City in search of the history of Navajo artist Quincy Tahoma, and with the help … Continue reading
Posted in Navajo, Tahoma's Family
Tagged photograph, Quincy Tahoma, Saganitso family, Tuba City
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Travel Tips for the Navajo Reservation
Post by Vera Marie Are you planning your summer vacation travel? Maybe Quincy can give you some ideas for travel in his own Navajo Land. While he was still in school, he went to Chinle, near Canyon de Chelly one year, … Continue reading
Posted in Navajo
Tagged adventure travel, Arizona, Elliot Porter, family travel, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Navajo artist, New Mexico, Quincy Tahoma, summer vacation, Tuba City
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Quincy Around the Internet
As part of our effort to let people know about the biography of Quincy Tahoma, we are traveling around the Internet on a “blog tour” to supplement our real life appearances on a book tour. We’ll be talking about a … Continue reading
Tahoma’s School Days
Post by Vera Marie Back in 2005, I received an envelope in the mail that contained possibly the most important documents of all the research that we have done on Navajo artist Quincy Tahoma. A librarian at the National Archives, Rocky … 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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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
Posted in Santa Fe Indian School
Tagged Dorothy Dunn, Quincy Tahoma, Santa Fe Indian School, SFIS, Tuba City
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Quincy Tahoma Goes to School in Tuba City
Of course things have changed since the scrawny little boy was ushered over to Tuba City Boarding School to start his education. Tuba City has paved streets and tourists come to the shiny motel run by the Navajo Nation. But … Continue reading
Posted in American Indian Art, Tahoma's Family
Tagged American Indian, artists, Navajo artist, Tuba City
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Where Was Quincy Tahoma Born?
Tahoma always told people that he was from Tuba City. In fact he even signed a painting or two “Quincy Tahoma from Tuba City,” but we could find no birth records for him, and it took us a very long … Continue reading
Posted in Book Contributors, Tahoma's Family
Tagged Harrison Begay, Shonto, Tahoma Birthplace, Tuba City
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