Allan Houser: An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994)

by W. Jackson Rushing

Allan Houser (Haozous, in his native language) was a Chiricahua Apache, whose family once belonged to Geronimo's guerrilla band. After the remnants of this group were released in 1913 from decades of internment by the United States Government, the artist's family moved to a farm in Oklahoma, where Houser was born in 1914. In his teens, Houser attended the Santa Fe Indian School, where he first studied art. Although immersed in Apache tradition, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810943263
• ISBN13: 9780810943261
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.2" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary