Gary Witherspoon has written: 'Navajo kinship and marriage' -- subject(s): Navajo Indians, Marriage customs and rites, Kinship 'Language and art in the Navajo universe' -- subject(s): Navajo art, Navajo language, Navajo philosophy 'Navajo Kinship and Marriage'
The Navajo creation story tells of how the first Navajo men and women were thought to be created. The were said to be created from both wind and fire.
Mostly Mad art
pottery blankets and rugs
The address of the Farmington Museum Of Navajo Art is: 5703 Woodland Ct, Farmington, NM 87402-4832
The proper adjective form for Navajo is Navajo, as in Navajo Nation, Navajo people, Navajo history, Navajo art, etc. An example sentence: We visited the Navajo display at the museum to see the Navajo jewelry.
The Navajo Code Talker program was run by the US Marines. In WWII women were not allowed to join the Marines. The code used Navajo as a base but was encoded in that so a Navajo speaker could not understand it and would need to memorize the secret code to use it.
They harvested nuts, fruits, and herbs.
George Mills has written: 'Navaho art and culture' -- subject(s): Civilization, Navajo Indians, Navajo art 'Lucifer and the crucifer' -- subject(s): Hermanos Penitentes
Mary D. Edwards has written: 'Wind chant and night chant, sand paintings' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, Indian art, Navajo Indians, Navajo art, Rites and ceremonies, Sandpaintings 'Gravity in art' -- subject(s): Gravity in art
a wollie jumper!
In addition to silver jewelry featuring turquoise and coral, the Navajo are well known for their beautiful weaving and rugs. The textiles are generally made from vegetable dyed wool from sheep raised on the reservations.