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Cody rendered the ancient symbol in a pulsating pattern derived from traditional Navajo weaving that's known as an eye dazzler: here and elsewhere, she is emphasizing the symbol's cultural origins.
Raising Churro sheep and weaving their wool is an important way Navajo people pass cultural knowledge from generation to generation. KSJD's Chris Clements visited a Navajo Churro sheep celebration.
At first, it may sound chaotic, but for Navajo weaving master teacher Lynda Teller Peete, it’s the sound of comfort. “When you are weaving, you use a comb and you beat on it,” Peete ...
For more on the details of the rug, the history of the Pentium, and the Fairchild Navajo plant, read Ken Shirriff's original blog post here. Those interested in seeing the weaving in person will ...
Hubbard fears that weaving is a dying tradition on the Navajo Nation. “This is something that you learn from your family. My grandmother was a weaver, my mother was a weaver, and I learned it ...
Check out Tony Abeyta’s appraisal of a Navajo pictorial masons weaving, ca. 1930, in Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise ...
The town that gave its name to the Navajo weaving style associated with Melissa Cody’s work was also where Howardena Pindell grew up during Jim Crow. From left: Howardena Pindell, 80 ...
In a remote house in the northeast corner of Arizona, among the red rocks and vast expanses of the Navajo Nation ... sits on her floor in silence, weaving at her loom. "It's very meditative ...
For centuries, the lives of Navajo people have been intertwined with livestock - specifically, one particular breed of sheep they've relied on for meat and wool. The tribe is well known for weaving ...