
Painting the Navajo Way of Life, Harrison Begay
By Rebekah Powers
Harrison Begay, also known as Haskay Yahne Yah (meaning “Warrior Who Walked Up to His Enemy”), 1914-2012 is a renowned Diné (Navajo) painter, printmaker and illustrator specializing in watercolors, gouache and silkscreen prints.

A Different Drum made by Lee Lujan of Taos Pueblo
By Rebekah Powers
Lee Lujan continues the long tradition of making drums that he learned from his Pueblo family.

Making the Case for Baskets
By Rebekah Powers
A collection of baskets is a collection of time: the time it took for the grasses and reeds and bark to grow, the time to gather and the time to weave..

Our Mata Ortiz/Casas Grandes Pottery Collection is now online!
By Rebekah Powers
A young Mexican boy looking for firewood finds a pottery shard from a Pre-Hispanic culture. So began a creative and artistic explosion in the little town of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua.

At Chimayo Trading del Norte we’ve been busy adding hundreds of beautiful pieces of pottery to our new website..
By Rebekah Powers
We carry a wide variety of different contemporary or historic styles from all the native pueblos of New Mexico.

Hopi Kachinas by Chester Poleyestewa
By Rebekah Powers
The Kachina doll was and is made for Native use by Hope fathers and uncles to give to their daughters or nieces; primarily the doll is hung on the wall or from the rafters of the house so that it may be seen at all times. The purpose is to teach their children about the different Kachina masks, their outfits, and body painting. Therefore, the doll has to be as perfect as possible, and certainly so in mask features. This may explain in part why the earlier dolls were accurate and detailed outline, often with more suggestions of arms and legs.