Andrew Tsinajinnie, Sun giving the bow and arrow to the twins with White Shell Woman

Born in Rough Rock, Arizona, Andy Tsinnajinnie was an Indian artist and illustrator who maintained a studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was a member of the Navajo Salt River Bend Indian tribe, and the translation of his last name, which has been spelled in several ways, is "Little Grey." He studied art at the Fort Apache School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and graduated in 1936.

Andy attended the Santa Fe Indian school where he studied with Dorothy Dunn and later attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He was known for his depictions of traditional Navajo life and continued painting throughout his lifetime.

Several books illustrated by him were published during his lifetime, notably "Navajo History, Vol I" Navajo Curriculum Center, 1971. He also painted large murals for the WPA in Arizona and New Mexico including ones for Indian Schools. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the South Pacific, and after that was a full-time artist in Scottsdale. He did illustration for the Navajo Agency at Window Rock, for "Arizona Highways" and also for other magazines and books.