Navajos in Tibet
When two Navajo Indians join a journalist friend in a Tibetan community, the striking similarities of appearance, language, culture & customs became a mere backdrop for the rekindling of a very deep and very ancient connection.
Listen to an NPR story recounting this "meeting of cultures" -- then read a publication explaining why many are now convinced that the Navajo-Tibetan connection may be much more powerful - and more recent - than most of us could imagine [...]
National Geographic Gallery: Autumn
It's that time of year again for passing around the best shots of nature's most spectacular fall fireworks.
Here are a few choice picks from National Geographic. (From the archives)
"Braxton"
A recent portrait commission done in soft graphite, 8x10 (click for full-size view)
This
Month in History:
September 4, 1893:
Birth of 'Peter Rabbit'
Since his conception in a letter to a little boy in Victorian England,
Peter Rabbit has become the signature creation of English artist and naturalist Beatrix Potter.
Read more about the evolution of one of the world's most beloved children's characters, and Potter's
fascinating life as an artist and conservationist [...]
September 16, 1785:
Birth of painter Charles Bird King
Charles Bird King (1785-1862) was one of the most important early American painters whose work
included the extensive portrayal of Native Americans.
His 20-year collaboration with Thomas McKenney resulted in a collection of lithographs that was
ultimately to become single most important archive of Indian portraits created before the advent of the camera [...]
September 19, 1737:
The Delaware 'Walking Treaty'
The Walking Purchase Treaty - part of what may well be the
most bizarre land-grab scheme in history - was based on a deed
dating to the 1680's.
Supposedly signed by the Lenape Indians and Pennsylvania's Quaker founders, it granted the colonists
a parcel of land ambiguously measured from the Delaware-Lehigh river junction as far west as a man could
travel on foot in a day and a half [...]
