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Black Mesa Shouldering the Burden of Navajo-Hopi Water Project - Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:18:31 GMT

Black Mesa Shouldering the Burden of Navajo-Hopi Water Project
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Nowhere on the Navajo Nation have I seen women so proud to be harvesting and processing their weaving materials. The way I would describe the people is they love what they do. They love their lives.” Horseherder and other Black Mesa residents numbered ...

Dream Weaver - New York Times (blog)

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:01:05 GMT

Dream Weaver
New York Times (blog)
Once on Earth, the Holy People established the four sacred mountains forming the boundaries of Navajo country. They, the land, sacred plants (corn) and animals (butterflies) and symbols (lightning) all turn up routinely in Navajo weaving, probably the ...

Pagosa Fiber Festival this weekend in Town Park - Pagosa Springs Sun

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:00:10 GMT

Pagosa Fiber Festival this weekend in Town Park
Pagosa Springs Sun
They include: Beginning Navajo Weaving (Ilene Naegel), Navajo Horse Cinch Weaving (Roy Kady), Making Watercolor Felt (Linda Smith), Nuno Felted Scarf (Lois Burbach), Natural Dyeing (Paula Seay). During the festival, Susan Jones and Nancy Wilson are ...

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Navajo members won't watch Sunday's solar eclipse - 89.3 KPCC

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:38:59 GMT

89.3 KPCC

Navajo members won't watch Sunday's solar eclipse
89.3 KPCC
This weekend's eclipse will be seen in Southern California... except within the Navajo Nation. Not everyone plans to watch the solar eclipse this Sunday, the Fronteras Desk reports. Even though it'll be in full view over the Navajo Nation in Arizona, ...

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From loom to legend - Flagstaff Live

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:29:20 GMT

From loom to legend
Flagstaff Live
After copying designs from ancient Navajo pottery, Sam built a special 40-foot-long rock house to hold the large loom that he made of pipe. After his work was done, Sam had passed on the job of weaving to his wife, Julia Joe. Working with her daughters ...

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Nebo Indian Education - Daily Herald

Sun, 06 May 2012 13:26:01 GMT

Nebo Indian Education
Daily Herald
When I ask my mother how large her beautiful Navajo blanket is that she is weaving, she won't take out a ruler but she will tell me it is 15 hands across. It is a just a different unit of measurement and this is part of how we see things and how we ...

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Anadarko Was Part of $25 Billion Scheme, US Says - BusinessWeek

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:43:46 GMT

Anadarko Was Part of $25 Billion Scheme, US Says
BusinessWeek
Lotterman said evidence will show that the US is trying to make everyday business activities sound like a scheme to defraud the government by weaving together select facts with the benefit of hindsight. Witnesses in the bench trial, scheduled to run 33 ...

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Yahoo picks the 10 great American road trips - USA TODAY

Sun, 06 May 2012 05:04:34 GMT

USA TODAY

Yahoo picks the 10 great American road trips
USA TODAY
Traverse the Navajo Nation's lands, including sacred sites, canyons, desert and cliff dwellings. The best part of this ocean-hugging highway is probably the area around Monterey and Carmel. As the Yahoo editors say, you'll see "the breathtaking natural ...

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What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called - Oye! Times

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:05:11 GMT

What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called
Oye! Times
Ganado Pattern — According to Navajo art expert Jeff Wood, of Indian Territory Gallery, when rug weaving techniques were introduced to the Navajo (or Dineh) in the late 1800s, they started weaving a few particularly popular designs to trade — these ...

Free Lunch: Keeping the drumbeat of old traditions alive for a new generation - Deseret News

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:04:56 GMT

Deseret News

Free Lunch: Keeping the drumbeat of old traditions alive for a new generation
Deseret News
But she and other volunteers also make each child's unique heritage a priority, whether it involves a tradition of Navajo weaving, Goshute storytelling or creating fringed shawls for the Ute Tribe's annual powwow. "We want our kids to learn about all ...