Adee Dodge

Adee Dodge
Hashke-yil-e-dale
Born	Adolph Bittany Dodge[1] (1912-11-16)November 16, 1912 Fort Defiance, Apache County, Arizona, U.S.
Died	January 4, 1992(1992-01-04) (aged 79) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality	Navajo Nation, American
Other names	Adee Bittany Dodge
Education	Bacone College, Hogan School
Alma mater	University of New Mexico, Columbia University
Occupation(s)	Artist, linguist, Navajo code talker
Known for	Painting

Adee Dodge (1912–1992)^[2] or Hashke-yil-e-dale, was a Navajo artist, linguist, and Navajo code talker.^[3][4] He was best known for his paintings of horses, and documenting other aspects of Navajo culture in his paintings. Dodge served in the United States military in the South Pacific during World War II.

Biography

Adee Dodge was the son of Bitanny Dodge, and grandson of Chee Dodge, the last official Head Chief of the Navajo Tribe and the first Navajo Tribal Chairman.^[3]

He attended Bacone College; the University of New Mexico where he received a bachelor's degree in Anthropology (1933); and a master's degree in Comparative Linguistics and Anthropology (1935), at Columbia University.^[3][5] In 1934, he studied at the Hogan School, focusing on Navajo orthography and linguistics, under linguist Gladys Reichard.^[2] While in school he briefly worked as a Navajo language consultant to Reichard.^[2]

During World War II, he served for 4 years in the South Pacific as a Navajo code talker.^[3] He was injured during his military service and while he was recuperating he started documenting Navajo culture in drawings and paintings, such as ceremonial songs and religious traditions.^[3]

In 1943, Dodge had married Effie Jean Casey; and later in 1950, he married Veah Pillsbury.^[2] He had one daughter.^[2]

By 1954, he was actively working as a painter.^[3] He became known for his paintings of stylized blue horses and illustrations of Navajo myths.^[6][7] In the 1950s, he also explored uranium mining and founded Adee Dodge Enterprises, Inc.^[2]

He died on January 4, 1992, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

See also

• Carl Nelson Gorman

References

1. "Adee Dodge defends medicine men". Navajo Times. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
2. "Adee Dodge papers, 1930–2005". Connecticut's Archives Online, Western CT State University.
3. "Adee Dodge". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
4. Worthington, G. Lola (2011), "Dodge, Adee", The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195335798.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8, retrieved 2022-08-05
5. American Indian Art, 1920-1972: Exhibition Feb.28 Through March 25. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. 1973. p. 16.
6. Tanner, Clara Lee (1973). Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art. University of Arizona Press. pp. 378–379. ISBN 978-0-8165-0309-4.
7. Abeita, Jim (1976). The American Indians of Abeita: "his People". Rick Tanner Publications.

External links

• Adee Dodge papers from Beinecke Library, Yale University