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Margaret Tafoya

Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter (died 2001)

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Born
August 13, 1904
Died
February 25, 2001
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1904

About Margaret Tafoya

Maria Margarita "Margaret" Tafoya was the matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters. She was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Sara Fina allowed Margaret to sell her first pottery to a dealer in Santa Fe, although Margaret did not recall how much money she made that day. Tafoya is the only Native American ever awarded a Lifetime Contribution Award by the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City (year of award unknown). In 1984, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded her a National Heritage Fellowship in recognition of her accomplishments.

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Margaret Tafoya timeline

  1. She was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
  2. In 1984, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded her a National Heritage Fellowship in recognition of her accomplishments.

The world when Margaret Tafoya was born

Margaret Tafoya was born in 1904. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1904

  • Best-selling book"The Crossing" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Olympic Games in the Americas (St. Louis)
  • Top headlineRusso-Japanese War begins
  • Technology milestoneNew York subway opens
  • World population~1.64B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population81.8M

1904 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Margaret Tafoya's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19042026
Population81.8M341 million

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