This is something we work to achieve at our center through the exhibits and stories that we share. Caté has a truly unique way of looking at life and connecting all backgrounds to the very real struggles of Native America. “Ricardo Caté is truly a treasure – first he makes me laugh, then he makes me think,” says Monique Fragua (Jemez Pueblo), Vice President of Operations at IPCC. He grew up influenced by the cartoons of Don Martin and Sergio Aragonés in Mad Magazine, and uses humor to show aspects of Native American life, comment on current and historical events, and to just make people laugh. He’s on the newscast today to discuss the coloring book with Lynn Trujillo, the Indian Affairs Department Cabinet Secretary. I mean, how did that happen? When you’re three times more popular than Peanuts, I start thinking, ‘wow!’” Cat’s cartoon Without Reservations is published daily in the Santa Fe New Mexican and The Taos News. Ricardo follows the ways of his Kewa Pueblo heritage and teaches on the reservation. His cartoon column, Without Reservations, is a popula 'Cat hits on the irony native people feel and express in humor.' -Larry Cespooch, Ute Indian filmmaker Cartoonist Ricardo Cat describes Indian humor as the result of 'us living in a dominant culture, and the funny part is that we so often fall short of fitting in.' His cartoon column. His wry and often poignant humor pokes fun at both the white man and the Indian. “Of the thousands and thousands of Santa Fe New Mexican readers, 80 percent are non-Native. Ricardo caté has been drawing the daily cartoon Without Reservations for the Santa Fe New Mexican since 2006. “Right now, Without Reservations is the number one cartoon in Santa Fe,” says Ricardo. This months reading, Without Reservations: The Cartoons of Richard Cat, by Kewa/Santo Domingo artist/cartoonist Richard Cat, contradicts the stereotype. A witty, engaging, and provocative exhibit featuring Ricardo’s works is showing in the Art Through Struggle Gallery inside the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) now through Jan.

'Ricardo Caté of Santo Domingo/Kewa Pueblo is known for Without Reservations, the only Native American cartoon featured in a mainstream daily newspaper, which currently runs in the Santa Fe New Mexican and Taos News.

Without reservations cartoon