Margaret Tafoya

Margaret Tafoya
Corn Blossom
Born
Maria Margarita Tafoya

(1904-08-13)August 13, 1904
DiedFebruary 25, 2001(2001-02-25) (aged 96)
NationalityNative Pueblo Indian, (Kha-Po Owingeh)
Known forTraditional Pottery

Maria Margarita "Margaret" Tafoya (Tewa name: Corn Blossom; August 13, 1904 – February 25, 2001) was the matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters. She was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.