Family remembers late Arthur Cometsevah
Surrounded by photos of her daughters, Virginia Jean Cometsevah holds a picture of her latehusband Arthur at her home in Gallup on Tuesday. Arthur Cometsevah was a Cheyenne chief ffrom Oklahoma who moved to New Mexico in 1965. Cometsevah's daughers will honor their father by dancing in this year's Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

GALLUP — Arthur Cometsevah used to call his children “my race horses.” It was his way of expressing love and admiration for them. All five had grown to be proud of their Native American heritage, and that was more evident whenever his children, all dressed in traditional Cheyenne regalia, entered a circle and danced.

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