Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver: His Art and His World

by Rebecca M. Valette

Rebecca Valette's Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver is the first biography of artist Clitso Dedman (1876-1953), one of the most important but overlooked Din (Navajo) artists of his generation. Dedman was born to a traditional Navajo family in Chinle, Arizona, and herded sheep as a child. He was educated in the late 1880s and early 1890s at the Fort Defiance Indian School, then at the Teller Institute in Grand Junction, Colorado. After graduation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496235819
• ISBN13: 9781496235817
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"