JOSE REY TOLEDO
(1915-1994)

Dignified Pueblo artist, drummer and educator Jose Rey Toledo was a man of great wisdom. He lived with his family in Jemez Pueblo in the Jemez mountains of New Mexico.

In 1985, while making a bowdrill fire at an Albuquerque elementary school, John met Jose Rey. Jose inspired the turtle image which serves as the logo of The Tracking Project and shared a tremendous wealth of knowledge regarding Pueblo life with John over the next ten years. From 1987 - 1993, he traveled with The Tracking Project's Arts of Life team, visiting Native day schools in New Mexico and Arizona.

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