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an old photo of a woman weaving on a loom

Look closely at any traditional bordered garment made by the Navajo Weavers of Arizona, and it is likely that you’ll notice a small, but deliberate imperfection; a line of contrasting thread running from the inner design field into the outer layer. This line of thread is a release point from where the maker’s ch’ihónít’i, or...

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an oil painting of people and animals in the desert

Abeita, being born and raised on the Navajo Reservation, at Crownpoint, New Mexico, was exposed all his young life to the ways of Navajo families living and raising sheep in Canyon de Chelly, that marvelous beautiful canyon, sometimes called the Little Grand Canyon. His treatments of the landscape and the people of the canyon are unmistakably accurate.

two different types of words and phrases

Bilagáana: White man (Bi lay gonna) Chʼį́įdii Navajo Ghosts (shoddie-aye) Hózhó, Universal harmony. (Haw-shaw) Shimá, Mother (sha-maa) Ma'ii Bizò' (Mah ee Bihzon) — Coyote Shimásání, Grandmother (Sha-masawni) Shádí: older sister Shideezhí, younger sister K’aalógii, butterfly see 2:44 on this video of romantic phrases Hatałii, medicine man Hogan, house. This video is a great intro. Hogan is explained at the end. Practice these 24 words, some are in the list above us. The purpose of this…

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