Two Dancers with Prayer Feathers by Hopi/Tewa/Navajo artist Ed Yava. The original oil painting is 24 x 30.
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Edward Kennard Yava was born 1944 in Keams Canyon, Arizona.
“After military service in Vietnam, Yava used the GI Bill and government disability benefits to start college in 1975 at Arizona Western College. Although he has work experience in several areas, Yava stated that he has always wanted to be an artist..”
Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, 1995
About the artist
Edward Kennard Yava
Edward Kennard Yava was born at Keams Canyon, Arizona April 30, 1944. He attended Parker, Arizona High School, graduating in 1973. After military service in Vietnam, Yava used the GI Bill and government disability benefits to start college in 1975 at Arizona Western College, Grand Canyon College, Phoenix, Arizona, 1981; MFA Program, Arizona State University. Although he has work experience in several areas, Yava stated that he has “always wanted to be an artist.” He is an enrolled member of the Colorado River Reservation.
After World War II the emphasis on bilingual, bicultural education shifted from cultural awareness back to assimilation. It would be decades before the idea of using bilingual picture books to teach children literacy in their own language would be revived. BIA’s Indian language specialist Edward A. Kennard, became instrumental in this program. This area of expertise allowed him to author a number of children’s books. Most notably “Field Mouse Goes to War/Tusan Homichi Tuwvota”.
