Row of six mounted Navajo figures riding directly toward the viewer. Figures appear to be identical, each wearing a broad brimmed hat, concho belt and turquoise necklace. All are gestureing with their hands.

Born in Rough Rock, Arizona, Tsihnahjinnie has been drawing since he was a child. He studied with Dorothy Dunn at the Studio and she stated that he was one of the best artists there. Even before he went into the army in 1941 he had done murals in Indian Hospitals and after the service he studied at the Oakland College of Arts and Crafts in California. His life has been devoted to painting the old ways of the Navajos and the costumes. since 1977 he had suffered with a serious illness and had not been able to do much painting or teaching, but he kept his love of the od ways. Tsihnahjinnie grew up herding sheep and riding horses. It is his love for that life that he wished to portray in his paintings. Married to Minnie McGirt, they have seven children.