Tribal Artery

Candidates for president of the Navajo Nation, Lynda Lovejoy and Joe Shirley Jr., have announced their running mates. Each continues the pra...

This afternoon we visited our friend, Wilson Romero on the Cochiti Pueblo. We were surprised to learn that he had some newly carved nativity...

Last message we promised a photo of our temporary quarters in this charming guest house. We were unable to come through due to computer glit...

We are here. We arrived today and went to our rented guest house. It is several times nicer than the photographs the owner sent to us. Taos,...

We hadn’t even left home before we had a crash. No, not the automotive kind. Our main business computer decided to crash at about 10 pm on M...

In two days time, we will depart by Honda Element for Santa Fe. We will be accompanied by our beloved “Taos”, a retired (rescued) greyhound....

A while back we blogged about a USPS stamp series that saluted Rio Grande Hispanic weavings. For some reason, we missed this stamp which was...

Did you take advantage of our 10-day special sale? Lots of people did and saved a bundle. If you missed it, do not despair. Even without the...

August 1st is the last day of our 25% off sale on Calvin Begay Navajo jewelry and Alice Cling pottery (see inset). Just visit our Pueblo Pot...

A recent auction generated some impressive Native Americana sales. Skinner, a Boston auction house, dropped the hammer on a Cheyenne cradle ...

The most recent edition of African Arts magazine, published by the James S. Coleman African Studies Center, UCLA International Institute, Un...

If you are here to read about the 25% savings during our sale of Navajo pottery and Calvin Begay Navajo jewelry, please scroll down to a pre...

The latest from the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWIA) includes a schedule of activities for the two-day Santa Fe Indian Market...

Alice Cling is the daughter of Rose Williams , a ground-breaking potter from Tonalea in the Navajo (Dine’) Nation. Prior to her influence, ...

Speaking of favorite people and their work, Calvin Begay is near the top for us. Calvin is Navajo and has a style and touch that is unmistak...

We received a phone call this week from Wayne Snowbird of Santa Clara. He has been in Nebraska for the past year and now has returned to his...

The Indian Arts and Crafts Association held its annual Spring Market in Albuquerque in May, 2006, during which it named and honored its nomi...

This Tribal Artery blog reproduces the contents of the July 16th Tribal Artery e-newsletter. With a few corrected links. (Don't ask. ) M...

In a recent post that listed upcoming events, I omitted the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Crafts Show, which was this weekend. Argh...

In addition to this blog, we also offer a periodic e-newsletter by the same name. Occasionally, the e-newsletter will have discrete content ...