When the Navajo photographer Monty Roessel decided to show Laura Gilpin’s 1930s Navajo photographs to today’s tribal members, he got some surprising results. Not only did the contemporary Navajo like ...

Rebecca Valette’s Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver is the first biography of artist Clitso Dedman (1876–1953), one of the most important but overlooked Diné (Navajo) artists of his generation. Dedman was ...

WILLIAMSBURG — For generations, Navajo women crafted colorful, boldly designed blankets and rugs on hand looms, drawing inspiration from everyday objects and the changing world around them. Six of ...

Shepherd's Cross in Claremore is handing down the art of Navajo weaving. As students learn how to weave a Navajo rug, they also learn the history behind it. "We're losing a lot of these older ...

Although their name is unknown, a Navajo weaver made this wearing blanket between 1860 and 1865. The School for Advanced Research acquired it in 1931, and it’s in the collection of SAR’s Indian Arts ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – There are countless stories that paint vivid pictures of the rich Navajo history in the southwest. One Navajo woman is helping keep the ancestral tradition of weaving alive. Tonita ...

Heather Tracy remembers being as young as 5 years old when she discovered her mom’s life dream. Her mother Denise Rosales wanted to create a space for Native artisans to present not only their crafts, ...

A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the... Soft medium, hard truths — National Endowment for the ...