“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...
In August 1912, Frances “Franc” Johnson descended from the train she had boarded in Wisconsin onto Gallup, New Mexico’s steamy desert asphalt. She was on her way to the Fort Defiance Indian School, a ...
SHIPROCK, N.M. — More than 5,000 kids and teens on the Navajo Nation are getting a big surprise this Wednesday – skateboards! This is happening before the Northern Navajo Nation Fair in Shiprock at ...
Navajo scholars will soon begin writing and editing a Navajo Nation government textbook to be taught at the high school level, the first such book written by Diné authors for Diné students. In 2023, ...