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360:). Kate made more than 100 sketches of rock art. Together, they had two children, Frank Springer Chapman and Helen Hope Potter. After their births, Kate designed and renovated adobe houses. The book
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to make the black-on-black pottery made by their ancestors. When she reproduced the pottery, Chapman had her works sold at the Museum of New Mexico.
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in Santa Fe. He received three honorary doctorates for his work in the field of Indian arts and crafts. He was among the first employees for the
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