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Navaho Art and Culture

Book by George Mills; Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1959

Subjects:

Navajo Indians--Art, Navajo Indians--Culture

Collections: History, Entire Library

...altar painting in one art form. 2 According...goes further. "The Navajo and Pueblo social...refutable evidence of any Navajo woolen blanket which...have acquired the art at the time of the...have adopted the art from captive Pueblo...rug making of the Navajo. Those ex amples which...
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The Nightway: A History and a History of Documentation of a Navajo Ceremonial

Book by James C. Faris; University of New Mexico Press, 1990

Subjects:

Navajo Indians--Medicine, Navajo Indians--Rites And Ceremonies, Navajo Indians--Study And Teaching--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...to become the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art and ultimately the Wheelwright...is buttressed by rock art of the Dinetah region of Navajo Holy People Olin, 1980...developmental forms in the rock art at least attributed to Navajo-- see P. Schaafsma...
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Navajo

Book by Kenneth McIntosh; Mason Crest, 2004

Subjects:

Navajo Indians--History--Juvenile Literature, Navajo Indians--Social Life And Customs--Juvenile Literature

...Weaving is the best known form of Navajo art. Chapter ? Modern ?rI?s it...are the most important outlets for Navajo art. Gallup is located near the Navajo...piece of art. If you buy genuine Navajo art, you are helping the artist and his...
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Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting

Book by Trudy Griffin-Pierce; University of New Mexico Press, 1992

Subjects:

Navajo Indians--Religion, Navajo Mythology, Sandpaintings

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...should focus her attention upon the art of Navajo sandpainting. Her creative nature...nothing is known about the Athabascan Navajo art or ritual practices the Navajos...system of complex images. The early Navajo rock art of the Dinetah bridges the stylistic...
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The Archaeology of Navajo Origins

Book by Ronald H. Towner; University of Utah Press, 1996

Subjects:

Archaeology--Southwest, New, Navajo Indians--Antiquities, Navajo Indians--Origin, Southwest, New--Antiquities

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1963; Eddy 1966 . Research on Navajo rock art Schaafsma 1963 also suggested...development and significance of Navajo rock art and show the value of treating...They presented a state-of-the-art understanding of Navajo origins as this topic was understood...

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Elle Meets the President: Weaving Navajo Culture and Commerce in the Southwestern Tourist Industry

Journal article by Laura Jane Moore; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 22, 2001

Subjects:

Art and society--United States, Artists, Navajo--Economic aspects, Southwestern United States--Social aspects, Travel industry--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...factory-made blankets. Navajo weavers adopted their art to a new and changing market...her dissertation, "The Navajo Rug Trade: Gender, Art, Work, and Modernity in...discuss in more depth in "The Navajo Rug Trade: Gender, Art, Work, and Modernity in...
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Navajo Beadwork: Architectures of Light

Journal article by Susan Brown Mcgreevy; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 11, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Navajo beadwork: architectures of light (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...clear articulation of Navajo values and beliefs...expressed through their art. The many voices echo...committed to their art. Moores book contains...and white figures. Navajo beadwork: architectures...visible and popular Navajo art form. The book represents...
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The Navajo Code Talkers

Journal article by Adam Jevec, Lee Ann Potter; Social Education, Vol. 65, 2001

Subjects:

Codes--Military aspects, Navajo language--Military aspects, World War, 1939-1945--Communications

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...superficial knowledge of the language. In addition, Vogel noted that the Navajo was the only tribe, according to Johnston, that had not yet been infiltrated by Germans posing as students, art dealers, and anthropologists in order to study the various tribal...
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Palo Monte Mayombe and Its Influence on Cuban Contemporary Art

Journal article by Judith Bettelheim; African Arts, Vol. 34, 2001

Subjects:

Art, Modern--20th century AD, Art--Religious aspects, Cubans--Religious aspects, Modern art--20th century AD, Religion--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...with similar prohibitions. Joe Ben, the Navajo artist who participated with Bedia in the...of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy. New York: Random House...Robert Farris. 1993. Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas...
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Places Important to Navajo People

Journal article by Klara Kelley, Harris Francis, Richard W. Stoffle, Michael J. Evans; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 17, 1993

Subjects:

Indians Of Central America, Indians Of Mexico, Indians Of North America

Collections: Entire Library

...Arizona Press, Tucson. 1973 The Red Antway of the Navaho . Museum of Navaho Ceremonial Art, Inc., Santa Fe, NM. Yazzie, Alfred 1984 Navajo Oral Tradition . 3 vols. Rough Rock Demonstration School, Rough Rock, AZ. York, Frederick...

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The Navajo Way

Magazine article by Mary Stokrocki; School Arts, Vol. 92, April 1993

Subjects:

Art--Study and teaching, Insects--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Navajos--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...mainstream methods. Isabelle White, a Navajo art instructor from Many Farms Elementary...mainstream teachers can Iearn from Navajo art teachers. One is the importance of...thank you to Ms. Isabelle White, the Navajo art teacher who participated in this...
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Woven Necklaces Inspired by Pueblo and Navajo Weaving

Magazine article by Berniece Patterson; School Arts, Vol. 96, November 1996

Subjects:

Arts education--Curricula, Native American art--Study and teaching, Weaving--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...their fineness of weave and extraordinary sense of design, the Navajo weave on upright looms. They string the warp, known as the foundation...and the necklace is done. Resources Glubok, Shirley. The Art of the Southwest Indians. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1971...
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Shonto Begay Talks about His Art

Magazine article by Faith Clover; School Arts, Vol. 97, October 1997

Subjects:

Artists, Navajo--Interviews, Begay, Shonto--Interviews, Painters--Interviews

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of sand-paintings, rugs, and other Navajo art. But how well do we understand the...incorporate into their teaching about Navajo art that would promote deeper understanding...is your art related to traditional Navajo art? SB: The old people look at a lot...
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Indian Art: Fakes and Frauds; Tribes and State Policymakers Take Steps to Protect Native Arts and Crafts

Magazine article by L. Jeanne Kaufmann; State Legislatures, Vol. 27, December 2001

Subjects:

Fraud--Laws, regulations, etc., Native Americans--Art

Collections: Entire Library

...popular... D.Y. Begay, a Navajo weaver, says that art is an integral part of...states, particularly with Navajo and Zuni knockoffs. Kate Duncan, art history professor at Arizona...tribes control over their art. Neighboring Navajo artists are copied more...
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Art in Hopiland

Magazine article by Mary Stokrocki; School Arts, Vol. 98, October 1998

Subjects:

Art, Egyptian--Study and teaching, Hopis--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Art in Hopiland by Mary Stokrocki...Hopi and Tewa students and about 100 Navajo students. Upon entering the school...the sun god and rain patterns. The Navajo often borrow or copy Hopi symbolism...friction. Through exposure to world art forms, Hopi students are changing their...

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Have a Go with Navajo Joe; Winner Machine

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 26, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...steep, but he still has every chance. SELECTIONS: ASCOT: 3.05 Navajo Joe. NEWMARKET: 2.25 Wind Star. SALISBURY: 8.10 Double Spectre...Conduit, Dandy Man, Doctor Parkes, Full Toss, Global City, Great Art, Highland Love, Hayyoum, Holyrood, Inxile, King Olav, Mason...
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Navajos Learn to Keep Rug Art Alive: At Ceremonial, They Find Eager Market

Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, August 18, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Navajos learn to keep rug art alive: At ceremonial...crusade to pass on the art of rug weaving to the...sedately at an upright Navajo loom in the exhibit...to make the upright Navajo loom and weaving tools...expected to learn the art by sitting at the elbow...
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Horse Racing: ART MUST DRAW ON EXPERIENCE

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 23, 2008

Subjects:

Horse racing, Horse-racing

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...charge is preferred to Ballydoyle filly Mystical Lady, fourth to Navajo Moon at listed level at the Curragh last time. And Youngborogal...Recruitment Mares Maiden Hurdle. PICTURE PERFECT But unbeaten Art Connoisseur will face his toughest test yet at the Curragh on...
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Glossy Magazine Profiles Fashion, Art, Lore of West

Newspaper article by Amy Fagan; The Washington Times, October 22, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...not being a typical magazine. This glossy combo of fashion, art, adventure and history makes it "sort of the Architectural Digest...Jody Naranjo, whose richly textured pottery appears next to Navajo Nelson Tsosies sculptures of elders, children and the Southwestern...
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Easter Egg Designs Are a Folk-Art 'Prayer'; Craft Shows Devotion, and Not Just at Easter

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 24, 2005

Subjects:

Faberge, Carl

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...are struck by the marked resemblance between age-old Ukrainian designs and those found in works of Navajo and other Southwest American Indian art. Many of the projects of the Northern Virginia Studio Eggers, a chapter of the International Egg Crafters...

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North American Native Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...back to pre-Columbian times. An art of strong, graphic, geometric...sheep to the region, which the Navajo adopted for weaving intricately...groups, especially among the Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi, who perfected it to the level of fine art, largely as jewelry. On the...
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Natives, North American

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and northwest, and the Navajo and the Apache from the...clans, bead and feather art work, and decorated hides...acquired (c.1000 b.c.) the art of cultivating beans and...Athabascan -speaking Navajo and Apache. The known...college opened on the Navajo reservation in 1968; by...
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Santa Fe , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Laboratory of Anthropology, with a museum of Spanish colonial art; museums of international folk art, Navajo ceremonial art, and contemporary Native American art; an exhibition hall for contemporary art; and a museum devoted to the artist Georgia OKeeffe...
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National Parks and Monuments

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1908 7,636 (3,093) Three huge natural sandstone bridges. Navajo MO NE Ariz. 1909 360 (146) Ruins of large cliff dwellings...and historic Native American and Hispanic petroglyphs and rock art carvings. Pinnacles MO W Calif. 1908 24,265 (9,827...

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