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Tonita Peña was born at San Ildefonso Pueblo.  At twelve years old, following the death of her mother, she was sent by her father to live with an aunt at Cochiti Pueblo. She spent the remainder of her life there.  Despite living at Cochiti Pueblo, she was and is still considered an artist from San Ildefonso Pueblo.  She was the only female in the group of talented early pueblo artists referred to as The San Ildefonso Self-Taught Group, which included such noted artists as Julian Martinez, Alfonso Roybal, Abel Sanchez, Crecencio Martinez, and Encarnación Peña. The men accepted her as an equal.

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