Baskets are more than just an essential part of Navajo life. They are art forms. That is the message curators hope to emphasize with ?Walk in Beauty: Hozho and Navajo Basketry,? an exhibit on display ...

To the uninitiated, the terms "Native American" and "Navajo" are almost synonymous when it comes to identifying early North American arts and crafts. In fact, there are many tribes that made such ...

Map of Navajo country -- Genealogy of Douglas Mesa basket weavers -- Willow stories : an introduction / by Carol A. Edison -- A brief history of the Utah Navajos / by Robert S. McPherson -- The ...

The Yokuts tribeswomen of central California were avid gamblers. Their favorite game was played with eight walnut-shell dice thrown on a decorated mat woven from reeds like a basket. Taking a year to ...

Visitors to the Anasazi Heritage Center this year will be able to see the diverse history of Native American basketry in the Four Corners from 7,000 years ago to present day. Baskets were first woven ...

Basket-weaving is one of the oldest known Native American traditions and many baskets from the American Southwest date from as early as 6,000 years ago. Originally made for utilitarian functions, such ...

Sally Black wanted to weave baskets when she was little girl, but her mother, Mary Holiday Black, told her that she was too small to learn how. Black watched her mother closely in the evenings and ...