Advice to Navajo children from Dorothy Neboyia

These are early Navajo children’s wearing blankets and what’s so interesting about them is the fact we can date them by the type of yarn they’re made of. In this case, it’s cochineal dyed, raveled cloth and that places these in the late 1870s - 1880s timeframe. They’re beautiful weavings and if you see smaller textiles like these in a museum or in a private collection, know they could early child’s blankets or even early saddle blankets. These two blankets are currently in my Navajo, Hispanic, a

Navajo Children and family chopping wood and making Fry Bread

Navajo Code Talkers

National Navajo Code Talkers Day