It was just a little too cold to wash rugs this morning, so I wandered out to the Dine’ be Iina’ (Navajo Lfeway) web site and found that planning is already underway for the 2008 Sheep is Life Celebration.  The site for the event next year is Tuba City, Arizona.   This event is low-key and…

During our October class, we had some great visits with people from the Navajo community. Barbara Jean Teller Ornelas dropped by (but, drats, I was gone) and Charlene Harvey visited with her son, Kyle (see them in the picture at right. When you talk with the weavers, you come to understand how important this craft…

On August 17th and 18th, Rose Dedman and her family instructed a third Weaving in Beauty Natural Dye Retreat in the use of some of the plants available in the Navajo homeland as dye materials. Rose opened her home and several members of her family participated over the course of three days, and there is…

As we were finishing our lunch break today, we noticed that one of the celebrated Navajo Code Talkers had entered the dining room. He was going to another one of the conference rooms, and we quickly realized that a camera had been set up for an interview. We were given permission to witness the interview…