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This original painting of hummingbirds and a Yei was among the last paintings made by Nailor, as he died the following year.  At the time of his death, he was living with his family at Picuris Pueblo.  Tragically, he was only 35 years old when he died from injuries received in an attempt to help a woman whose husband was brutally beating her.  Dorothy Dunn's hope for his future would not happen.  She stated "We hope this Navajo boy will keep to the proud Indian beauty, more and more, his eyes on the straight road. It must be hard in a world where garish lights beckon on all sides. He has humor as well as feeling for line."

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