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Allan Capron Houser or Haozous (June 30, 1914 – August 22, 1994) was a Chiricahua Apache sculptor, painter, and book illustrator born in Oklahoma. [2] He was one of the most renowned Native American painters and Modernist sculptors of the 20th century.
Bob Haozous was born on 1 April 1943 in Los Angeles, California. [2] His parents are Anna Marie Gallegos, a Navajo-Mestiza textile artist, and the late Allan Houser (1914–1994), a famous 20th-century Apache sculptor.
In 1886, John Horton Slaughter was elected sheriff of Cochise County. He would rather arrest a man than kill him. Nonetheless, he killed in the line of duty when necessary. While serving as sheriff, he helped the United States Cavalry track the Apache chief Geronimo. [22] In 1893, he purchased a large area of land there.
The plaque reads: Allan Houser (HA-O-ZOUS) Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 MAY WE HAVE PEACE Bronze, 1992. Found on the Norman, OK MAY WE HAVE PEACE. The plaque reads: The purchase of the Allan Houser sculpture MAY WE HAVE PEACE was made possible through the generous contributions of the following: LEADERSHIP DONORS; The Students of The University ...
The Chiricahua Apache, also written as Chiricagui, Apaches de Chiricahui, Chiricahues, Chilicague, Chilecagez, and Chiricagua, were given that name by the Spanish.The White Mountain Coyotero Apache, including the Cibecue and Bylas groups of the Western Apache, referred to the Chiricahua by the name Ha'i’ą́há, while the San Carlos Apache called them Hák'ą́yé which means ″Eastern ...
Left to right: "Massai", "Apache Kid", and "Rowdy" pictured in a March 1886 photograph taken by C. S. Fly at Geronimo's camp. 'Massai (also known as: Masai, Massey, Massi, Mah–sii, Massa, Wasse, Wassil, Wild, Sand Coyote or by the nickname "Big Foot" Massai) was a member of the Mimbres/Mimbreños local group of the Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apache.
Kim Bourne, former CEO of Allan Houser Inc. said in an interview that “his themes are of nobility and the future and of the wonderful bond that his people on [sic] those stories that he’d heard [about the Apache].” [5] The cradleboard was a significant part of the cultures of tribes living in the southwest, particularly the Apache.
An important event happened at the station October 12, 1872, Chiricahua Apache chief Cochise and General O.O. Howard ended 11 bloody years of warfare with a treaty that granted the Apache much of what has become Cochise County as a reservation. [22] [23]