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Santa Fe’s First Native Art Exhibit
The Museum of New Mexico’s exhibit Dance and Ceremonial Drawings opened on March 29, 1919. It was the first museum showing of Native American art
The Museum of New Mexico’s exhibit Dance and Ceremonial Drawings opened on March 29, 1919. It was the first museum showing of Native American art
Velino Shije Herrera, pictured above, third from right, from Zia Pueblo. Born in 1902 his Keres name, Ma Pe Wi, meant Red Bird. Herrera attended
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