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Canyon de Chelly and Lunch with the Spider Rock Girls

16th October 2008

Canyon de Chelly and Lunch with the Spider Rock Girls

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Yesterday, our group did a field trip to Canyon de Chelly for the morning tour.  It was cold enough that the tour guide offered us blankets and they were welcome during the first part of the trip out to Antelope House.  We took many pictures of the Anasazi ruins in the canyon, and we marveled at the hardy people who lived here 1000 or more years ago.  Modern day Navajos still use the canyon as a summer home, grazing their livestock and raising peaches, apples, apricots, corn and alfalfa without electricity, paved roads or running water.   The picture below shows two horses who were grazing in the canyon.

Horses graze in Canyon de Chelly.

Horses graze in Canyon de Chelly.

After our tour, we met Emily Malone, Lavera Blake and Rose Yazzie of the Spider Rock Girls for lunch at the Thunderbird Lodge. Here’s a picture of our students with the girls.

From left, Lisa Ward, Emily Malone, Rose Yazzie, Lavera Blake, Debi Ward, Cindy Henry and Diana Frawley in front of one of Lavera's Burntwater rugs at the Thunderbird Lodge.

From left, Lisa Ward, Emily Malone, Rose Yazzie, Lavera Blake, Debi Ward, Cindy Henry and Diana Frawley in front of one of Lavera Blake's Burntwater rugs at the Thunderbird Lodge.

Finally, we just received word from our first October session student Jan Souders completed the rug that she started in Window Rock.  Jan used the session to learn outlining of interlock joins.  It looks great, Jan!

Jan Souders with her completed rug, which features outlined interlock joins.

Jan Souders with her completed rug, which features outlined interlock joins.

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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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