Dancing Cloud

by Mary Buff, Conrad Buff

Hardcover

Published March 22, 1957

About the author

Mary Buff, formerly known as Mary Marsh, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 10, 1890. Mary had an early interest in arts and poetry but only continued to study art. She studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Cincinnati Art Academy and received her bachelor's degree in Kansas at Bethany College. Mary then lived in Albion, Idaho and in the 1920s settled in Los Angeles. In 1922 she married Conrad Buff. Mary was the assistant curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her income was large enough to allow her husband, Conrad Buff, to paint full-time. After marrying Conrad Buff, Mary gave up her pursuit of painting to write children`s books with him. She died in 1970.

Reviews

[Cathy Sheetz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dancing Cloud of the Navajos tells about capturing a horse. The story would have taken place in the 1800s or so.

While this book has been praised for it's portrayal of Native Americans, it should be noted that this was written by a non-native author. I would use it in a classroom library for 3rd through 6th grade.