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Article: MICHAEL KABOTIE, 1942-2009; SWINE FLU CLAIMS HOPI ARTIST.(News Obits)
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- The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Byline: DOUGLAS FAIRFIELD
Famed Hopi artist Michael Kabotie
died Oct. 23 in Flagstaff, Ariz., from
complications due to the H1N1 flu. He
was 67. According to his daughter, Meg Adakai, Kabotie had been ill weeks prior to his death.
"Michael Kabotie has been an active participant at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture's Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival for the past five years," Shelby Tisdale, director of MIAC, said. "His wide range of work, from silver jewelry and kachina carvings to his large-scale colorful paintings, draw on the Hopi traditions he grew up with ... I will always remember his warm smile, his subtle way of ...