"An important book. . . . One of the very best studies of an Indian Trader. . . . Any person with an interest in Hopi and Navajo history will want to read Thomas Varker Keam: Indian Trader." Peter Iverson, coauthor of Dine: A History of the Navajos Thomas Varker Keam owned and operated a trading post in Keams Canyon, Arizona Territory, from 1874 to 1902. He was the first trader to develop American Indian arts and crafts as part of his business and the first to suggest that Native artists modify their techniques to increase sales. Keam had a major impact on the evolution of Hopi pottery....
"An important book. . . . One of the very best studies of an Indian Trader. . . . Any person with an interest in Hopi and Navajo history will want to ...
