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Living Navajo traditions: The weavers preserving cultural identity

In a sunlit room on the Navajo Nation, the rhythmic clack of wooden shuttles carries a story centuries old. An elder weaver's hands move with calm precision, guiding strands of dyed wool into patterns ...
NPR

An inside look at the Navajo weaving tradition, passed down through generations

Navajo weavings can bring thousands at auction, but the tribe's textile tradition is about far more than earning money. It's about preserving and transferring culture across generations. For centuries ...
Hackaday

Navajo weaving

The Diné (aka Navajo) people have been using their weaving as trade goods at least since European contact, and probably long before. They’ve never shied from adopting innovation: churro sheep from the ...
PBS

Navajo Weavings

A portrait of Navajo women who carry history and healing through the art of weaving. This short film follows two Navajo weavers whose work preserves memory, identity, and ancestral knowledge. Through ...
PBS

Appraisal: Navajo Pictorial Masons Weaving, ca. 1930

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 Lines.
WESA

An inside look at the Navajo weaving tradition, passed down through generations

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 ...