Maria Montoya Martinez (1887, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico – July 20, 1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) was a Native American artist who created internationally known
Simon J. Ortiz (born on May 27, 1941) is a Native American writer of the Acoma Pueblo tribe, and one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American
Dr. Gregory A. Cajete is a Tewa author and professor from Santa Clara Pueblo, New
In the winter of 1915-1916, August P. Chouteau and Jules de Munn tried to extend the Chouteau trading territory into the upper Platte and Arkansas River valleys and overland to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
LaDonna Vita Tabbytite Harris (born 1931) is a Comanche social activist from Oklahoma. She is the founder and president of Americans for Indian
Randy'L He-dow Teton (born 1976) is the Shoshone woman who posed as the model for the US Sacagawea dollar coin, first issued in
King Kuka King Kuka was born and raised on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. He was a full-time professional artist whose art has been seen internationally. He worked in watercolors, oils,
Growing up on a reservation in South Dakota, Cournoyer’s roots are revealed in one way or another in everything he
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church was begun in March of 1936 and on September 14, 1936 was dedicated by the Most Rev. Rudolph Gherkin, DD Archbishop of Santa
The Pueblo de Cochiti, (Cochiti), is located 55 miles north of Albuquerque, New Mexico and is contained within 53,779 acres of reservation land that sustains 1,175 Pueblo members according to the
Kewa Pueblo, formerly known as Santo Domingo Pueblo (Eastern Keres: Kewa), is an Indian pueblo and a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United
When his first novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1969, N. Scott Momaday was virtually unknown. Today he is the most acclaimed Native American writer, working at
Eddie Morrison is a contemporary sculptor who works in wood and stone. Born in 1946 in Oklahoma, he was raised in Tahlequah, Oklahoma by his Cherokee grandmother, Jane Batt
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