Navajo weaving (Navajo: diyogí) are textiles produced by Navajo people, who are based near the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles...
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railroads dramatically changed Navajo weaving. Cheap blankets were imported, so Navajo weavers shifted their focus to weaving rugs for an increasingly non-Native...
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The Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It...
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The Navajo-Churro, or Churro for short, (also American or Navajo Four-Horned) is a breed of domestic sheep originating with the Spanish Churra sheep obtained...
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Ganado, Arizona (category Articles containing Navajo-language text)
Ganado (Navajo: Lókʼaahnteel) is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population...
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periodicals (1322) relating to weaving. British Pathé Weaving Linen 1940-1949 Educational film Illustrated Guide of Tilling and Weaving: Rural Life in China from...
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Art of the American Southwest (section Navajo weaving)
include the Navajo and Apache. Sandpainting is an aspect of Navajo healing ceremonies that inspired an art form. Navajos learned to weave on upright looms...
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Navajo trading posts flourished on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah from 1868 until about 1970. Trading posts, usually owned...
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Melissa Cody (category Navajo textile artists)
Museum Navajo Weaving: Tradition and Trade exhibit, World Traveler is a 90x 48 in. wool textile piece. Like the Germantown Revival style of weaving, Cody...
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Grace Henderson Nez (category Navajo women artists)
Cultural Text: Contemporary Navajo Weaving". American Indian Art Magazine. 32: 38–49. "Navajo rugs, Navajo rug regional weaving areas, Indian Trading Posts"...
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