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NH Secrets, Legends and Lore: The Extraordinary Legacy Of Wah Pah Nah Yah Lightfoot Runner, W. Richard West Sr.

King: Without question, Wah Pah Nah Yah was among the great artists of the 20th century.

Photo of a young Walter Richard West Sr.
Photo of a young Walter Richard West Sr. (InDepth NH)

Without question Wah Pah Nah Yah, also known as Walter Richard West Sr. and Lightfoot Runner, was among the great artists of the 20th century.

Certainly among Native American artists his name is synonymous with efforts to document Native culture through art. What most people are unaware of is that Wah Pah Nah Yah loved New Hampshire and especially the White Mountains.

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He was particularly fond of (Camp) Mowglis, School of the Open, on Newfound Lake.

In fact, the entire West family has a long and storied history. His grandfather “Thunderbow” fought Custer at what the Cheyenne and the Sioux knew as the Green Greasy Grass river, today referred to as the Little Bighorn. His Grandmother Renee would be one of the children taken by the government and placed in boarding schools but she escaped to return to her roots.

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West painting Mother and Child

West painting

West painting

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