The Circle of Light Murals
In 1994, to inspire Navajo youth with positive role models, Ellis Tanner commissioned Navajo artist Chester Kahn to paint murals of prominent Navajos on the walls of his business, Ellis Tanner Trading Company.
Ellis wants to encourage Navajo youth to take pride in their culture, language, history, and traditions. The seven-year mural project represents distinguished Navajo people of the twentieth century.
The murals can be viewed in our store still. So please come by to learn more. Or buy our Circle of Light book which gives biographies on each Navajo represented in each mural, as well as the whole history of the Circle of Light Mural Project.