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| Title: | Wendell Chino and Solon Sombrero outside a Mescalero Apache church |
Date/circa: | 1962-06 |
Photographer: | Hetzel, Theodore B. (Kennett Square, Pa.) |
Subjects: | Chino, Wendell (d. 1998); ; ; Apache Indians|vPictorial works; Dulce (N.M.) |
Notes: | Photo of two Native American men standing outside of a church building, with a young boy in the background. The back of this photoprint is labeled Mescalero. The man on the left (without a jacket) is Wendell Chino, former chairman of the Mescalero Apache. On his left is Solon Sombrero, a chief. Behind them is Chino's son Mark. Professor Hetzel remarked concerning this photo, "Sombrero, he was old enough to remember Geronimo. And here the boy stands with him, playing with a jet plane. In three generations, quite a contrast!" As president of the Mescalero Apache Nation and the National Congress of American Indians, Wendell Chino strengthened his people's self-determination. |
Call number: | SW P003B5aFol1Item05 |
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