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RAYMOND NAHA
FROM CEREMONIAL’S LOST HALL OF FAME
RAY NAHA 1933-1974. opi-Tewa Raymond Naha (1933-1975) was the son of Neil Naha (of Polac-
Hca, Arizona) and the great potter, Daisy Naha Hooey Nampeyo. He learned the elements of art from Fred Kaboti at Oraibi High School, then moving on to Phoenix Indian School. In the late thirties, Daisy moved to Zuni—Ray stayed with his father. Over the years Ray went back and forth between Hopi and Zuni.
Though Ray painted what he knew, the katsinas for example, he put his own personal stamp on everything. Typically, he did not work as a simple realist. He built amazing figures based on the ceremonials he knew. At a time when Indian artists were being pushed to do “Indian” art, Ray was unusual in throwing humor into his art and sometimes an otherworldly execution.
He preferred to work in casein, but he also worked in oils, pastels, inks and acrylics. Likewise, he painted on a number of medias from paper to canvas.
Though Ray often used katsinas and actual ceremonies for the basis of his works, he would play with certain things, often feathers or clothes and even masks.
His wife, Alberta, was a White River Apache. Many of their children became artists.
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Talking about his awards is very difficult because they came from every venue of Native art. Twice he won the prestigious Philbrook award. In Scottsdale, AZ he won the Bimson Grand award. He was a regular winner at Gallup Ceremonial, both with his painting and katsinas. There was hardly a show he didn’t take ribbons; Flagstaff, the Heard, Santa Fe, to name a few.
He visited his mother Daisy at Zuni. Despite her family connections she never went back to Polacca. Ray generally stayed with
NAHA HUMOR--HEAR NO EVIL SPEAK NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL. THE MIDDLE CLOWN HAS A HOLE IN HIS SHOE.
her a couple of weeks at a time. His sister recalls he had a beautiful voice and played guitar, adding yet another art form.
His sister, Shirley Benn, says he would sometimes draw figures that they would turn into fabulous inlay. His sister recalls an odd incident. Keeping in mind that Raymond Naha came from the most famous family of potters of all time, starting with
THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP DANCE.
RIPENED CORN KATSINA. THIS PAINTING DEPICTS THE LAND BRIDGE BETWEEN FIRST MES AND THE VILLAGE OF WALPI, BUT NAHA HAS MADE IT HIS OWN.
the superb Nampeyo, on one occasion he shot a hole in a big pot.
Raymond was even more eccentric than the average artist. Often he would look at a half finished painting and paint over what he had done. He would get frustrated with a painting and cut it down to complete it.
Tom Woodard was one of his best buyers, taking both carvings and paintings. He especially liked very large paintings. His sister recalls an odd incident.
Raymond Naha was a veteran of the Korean War. After his untimely death one of his paintings sold for more than three thousand dollars, which was a lot of money for the times. It is wrong that an artist of Naha’s caliber is largely forgotten.
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As a big part of our community involvement, we asked our fellow GMCS School Board members some of questions we thought our families might want to know. We asked them why being a GMCS School Board Member was important to them. We also asked them to share some of their experiences as a school board member and about the goals they have set for the 2021-22 school year.
Priscilla Benally
Being a GMCS board member is very important to me because I think that there’s a voice that each of our district needs. Our parents and students need to be supported. They need that voice in our individual schools and a whole district to ensure we are collaborating and that we continue to see what’s in the best interest of our students, our parents, and our staff. I think the most important thing that we’ve seen in the last year is the safety of our students. I’m very thankful that we have developed a strategic plan that has put all the district on the same page of what our goals and objectives are and that we’re doing what we can to streamline and invest and do what’s best for our students of GMCS. My experiences as a GMCS board member have been wonderful for the most part, yes there have been some ups and downs but I’ve learned a lot as a board member. I always say that there are board members that are doctors or businessmen and I’m coming to the table as a mom. I think some of the biggest decision making I’ve made as I look back as a mom, or a parent of all the children that we serve at GMCS is making those decisions that make a difference or make a huge impact on our children. I think the thing that was an eye opener for me, was to see how much our staff care about the students and how our schools feel like a family. I’m thankful that we have support for one another. Support from academics to athletics, I feel the hard times we went through during the pandemic, were seeing some of our families and our own staff members fighting the COVID Virus. We weren’t able
see our family and friends, our co-workers, and students. We really found that the connection we had with them was bigger than we could ever imagine. I am very thankful that we have these individuals that work so hard with us and continue to support one another. 2021 and 2022 school year we fought harder than ever to get the impact aid money that was stolen from our children. This is going to be a huge impact on our district to have $25 million coming back to our schools. I’m excited to see how our school district is going to look with the upgrades our kids are going to have state of the art school buildings that they see in other cities and other states. This is how the money is supposed to be used. I’m excited to look forward to the next few years to see the improvements and the how our kids are learning and seeing them being successful. I think it also shows our students your school board and administration fought hard for that money and how it united a lot of us and our district, our parents our different tribes, and communities. It showed us who our partners are at the different levels. There were different districts working together to fight
these battles. The different lawsuits that we’ve had I feel it was an accomplishment. We do it for our children so I’m hoping that they will be very happy and know that we fought for them. I’m just thankful that we took those initiatives. I just want to say that in closing that I think I’m honored to be representing you, speaking on your behalf, fighting for these changes! If you are ever in need or if you need
our advocacy, please let us know and we’re going to continue to keep our children first. you
know I learned that from my first time I was elected is keep children first and I’m going to
continue to do that thank you.
Charles Long
Being a board member is important because I want to see all students succeed and make sure that when they graduate, they ready to go to college or they are ready to go to work. In prior years, students were just passed from one grade to another. Unfortunately, this led to a lot of money being spent on remedial education while in college instead of on coursework that would earn a degree. I ran because the parents entrusted me with their kids, and they trusted me to do good job. There are a lot of experiences I could talk about. When I worked for the Navajo Nation, I addressed a lot of issues that pertained to communities and other people. From that experience there are still a lot of things left undone as far as meeting the educational needs of our kids. We’ve accomplished a lot since 2017. We’ve started buying school supplies for all students We provide our teachers with all their necessary school supplies. We provide free housing to our teachers that work in our rural county schools.
We want our parents to know that our schools are going to be safe for students to come back to school to do in-class learning! We also want to leave it up to the parent to
choose if they want to have their kids remain at home and learn online or learn in-person. We will listen to parental concerns and decide how we meet those needs. One of the things that we are hoping will happen in this new school year is that we will continue to make big progress in our achievements and with our increasing graduation rate. We are building new schools and we have a lot of exciting things like that we are working on. I guess another goal is to hopefully help get higher salaries for all of our staff for all our good work they are doing.
Kevin Mitchell
11 years ago, I decided to run (for the GMCS Schoolboard) because I knew that our children in the rural areas were not getting the education that they needed or deserved. After 11 years, I have seen a great change in the quality of the education we are providing. This is one of my main goals: providing better quality education. I feel my role is very important to our community. We work endlessly to help our children get the best education with the funds that they need and deserve. Whatever it takes. The great news is that we are READY! We have taken great measures to ensure
the safety of our children and our staff. I feel that our children really need to get back to the classroom where they belong and so they can get the education they need through in-person learning.
I would just like to say that you know I have been on a great ride as a school board member through these 11 years. I am so grateful that I’ve been able to serve our students, our faculty, our staff…all the employees. I enjoy being a schoolboard member, representing my community and being a voice for our children.
Chris Mortensen
I feel deeply connected to the community here in Gallup and McKinley County. Don’t tell anyone but I am a Bengal from
the Class of 1997. I have 4 boys that have all gone to multiple schools here in GMCS. I wanted to give back to the community and help out in any way I can. I think every parent and every member of our community should get involved in their local school. Local control is what being on the school board and being a parent is all about. I invite everyone I know to come out and see the great things our students are capable of!
I really enjoy being a member of the GMCS Board. I am impressed over and over by the resilience and energy of our students. I hope to see all of our district students achieve their dreams.
GMCS is open for business. We are here to help children and families succeed. I want to see our kids back in classrooms where they can learn from one another’s experiences. Children learn best when they are in a classroom with a live teacher.
Michael Schaaf
The school board before had a lot of difficulties and there was a
lot of turmoil. I thought I could make a difference. I want what is best for the students and for the whole school system. I chose to run because I wanted to be the voice for our students and for our communities. I hope I’ve done some good while on the board.
One of our best achievements is the increase in our student’s test scores and our graduation rates are higher than the state average. This makes us all want to work harder because we know that we can be successful. Everyone has done a terrific job. This past year we’ve all
learned a lot more about technology. The online learning model was rough for some students. Hopefully we can get students go back to an in-person model. We’ve lost so much time this year, I would like to see things turn around. Overall, it’s been a great experience I have really enjoyed it. I’m glad this school year is starting, and the kids will be back in class. I would like to see our graduation rates go even higher the test scores go even higher so that we are topping the state average. I wanted to say that this is a great school system I am proud to represent it. I hope I can do a good job for this community and again, I’m really glad to be part of it.
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