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Indigenous peoples of the Canadian arctic have produced objects that could be classified as art since the time of the Dorset culture. While the walrus ivory carvings of the Dorset were primarily shamanic, the art of the Thule people who replaced them circa 1000 CE was more decorative in character. With European contact the historic period of ...
Towering House Clan of the Navajo (2 C) This page was last edited on 22 May 2024, at 06:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Navajo Tourism Department; Navajo people: history, culture, language, art; Middle Ground Project of Northern Colorado University with images of U.S. documents of treaties and reports 1846–1931; Navajo Silversmiths, by Washington Matthews, 1883 from Project Gutenberg; Navajo Institute for Social Justice Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
Native artists who create outside the box of traditional "Indian" art are considered rebels. Pat Pruitt challenges conventional constraints.
The cultural significance of Dinétah is documented throughout Navajo oral history, and is supported by numerous archaeological and rock art sites. According to Navajo tradition, the infant Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé), one of the best known Navajo deities, was found by the Holy People (Diyin Dineʼé) on top of Gobernador Knob ...
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah, who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Navajo cultural advisor George R. Joe explains the painful history, and present-day controversies, that shaped his work on AMC crime drama 'Dark Winds.' Stereotypes. Taboos.
McCabe was born February 8, 1961, on the Navajo Nation [1] in Fort Defiance, Arizona (Navajo: Tséhootsooí [tsʰéhòːtsʰòː.í]), to Helen Natonabah and Peter McCabe. [2] The Santa Fe Reporter states that "He was born into the Táchii'nii clan (Red Running into the Water People Clan) and was born for Hashk'aa Hadzohi (Yucca-Fruit-Strung ...