A Keres, from Cochiti Pueblo, at the age of 15, Ben Quintana won first prize over 80 contestants, of whom 7 were Indians, for a poster to be used in the Coronado Cuarto Centennial celebration. Later, he won first prize and $1,000 in an American Magazine contest in which there were 52,587 entries.
His life and promising career were tragically cut short by World War II. According to the publication Indians in the War by the U.S. Department of the Navy, Quintana (showing 500 of 1509 characters). |
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