A black-and-white photograph of an Indigenous man dressed in a suit, seated at a desk between two flags and under a portrait of President Eisenhower.

Sam Ahkeah, Chairman of the Navaho Tribal Council

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

1953, printed 1955
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 10 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.
Mount: 19 9/16 x 15 13/16 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
l.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin \ 1955
mount verso:
u.l. [stamp] : LAURA GILPIN \ BOX 1173, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
u.l. in ink: Sam Ahkeah \ Chairman. Tribal Council 1947-1955
u.c. on blue paper label: [typed]: No. [in graphite]: 74 \ SAM AHKEAH, CHAIRMAN OF THE \ NAVAHO TRIBAL COUNCIL FROM \ 1947-1955, ACCOMPLISHED A \ GREAT DEAL FO [sic] HIS PEOPLE. ON \ GIVING HIM A WORD OF APPRECIATION \ OF THIS, HIS REPLY WAS "I THINK \ I HAVE WAKED THE PEOPLE UP TO X [sic] \ WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES." \ IN HIS OWN FEW WORDS HE CERTAINLY \ SUMMED UP HIS ADMINISTRATION \ FOR THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT \ OF THE NAVAHO PEOPLE UNDER HIS \ ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN VERY REMARKABLE.
Collection Name

Laura Gilpin Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist
Accession Number

P1979.128.413
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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