Possibly this is the artist cited in Dr. Patrick Lester's book, The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico near when the book was published in 1995, Thomas is both Laguna and Pima.
His paintings have been exhibited at the Heritage Center Inc. Collection at the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair in Phoenix, Arizona.
His work is in the permanent collection of the Heritage Center Inc. Collection at the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota