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2009 Heard Museum Guild Indian Market: Part III

16th March 2009

2009 Heard Museum Guild Indian Market: Part III

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Sarah Natani demonstrates caring for Heard Fair chairperson Barbara Johnson.

Sarah Natani is tireless in her efforts to extend the appreciation for Navajo culture and weaving.  I found Sarah in the demontration area just across from Sallie Parker.  She was patiently showing carding and spinning for fairgoers, and as you can see in the picture above her weaving expertise had been rewarded with several ribbons.  The rope lashing that you see in the backbround providing the tensioning for Sarah’s loom is handspun Navajo-Churro wool which has been braided for this purpose.  You can also see some of the rope in the foreground.    Sarah’s spinning technique is shown in the two pictures below.

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Sarah Natani drafts out a length of carded wool.

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Sarah adds twist to the wool to create a weft yarn

Sarah lives near Shiprock, NM and maintains her own flock of Navajo-churro sheep and also uses wool from her sister’s flock.    She is an active teacher.   You can contact her regarding classes by emailing her daughter, TahNiiBaa.

I’ll leave you with Sarah today and we’ll continue with the Heard show until we’ve visited with all the weavers.   


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    Raymon: I have a blanket simialr to the pink blanket. My dad's family had sheep. Every year they would gather the wool and take it to Utah Woolen mills and make beautiful wool blankets. Similar to Pendleton blankets, in many different colors. Love the turquoise jewlrey. My mom has a big beaded bag of it that I hope I get a few peices of (she's half Native American) She finds it kind of amusing that Native American prints etc. are "in" right now.

    Remigio: Way to go, Navajo Nation! Either cease-and-desist, or collect roiaetyls for the use of your name (only on quality products of which you approve, of course). Same with sports teams that use Native names as mascots. Until recently, the University of North Dakota was paying the Standing Rock Sioux annual roiaetyls to use the name Fighting Sioux , which was a win-win and a source of pride for both parties. Unfortunately for both the Tribe and the university, political correctness put an end to that.

    Ann Puzio: Hi Mary, Need to change to the waiting list for 9/13-20th. I hope this is possible.Also, going to see if I can sign up for the online class, need to check my computer. Thanks ann

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