Angie Yazzie

Angie Yazzie was born a member of Taos Pueblo on June 16, 1965. She has lived in Taos all her life. Her mother, Mary Archuleta, is of Taos Pueblo and her father, Nick Yazzie, was a Navajo man from Ganado, Arizona.

Primarily self-taught, Angie was introduced at an early age to traditional pottery techniques by her mother and maternal grandmother, Isabel C. Archuleta. As a child, Angie lived a few years with her maternal grandparents and was exposed to many different types of crafts through the small shop they owned at Taos Pueblo.