A blanket made by a Navajo person using the pattern called Moqui . **http://www.navajotextiles.com/history.htm** Dwellings ·Called Hogan’s ·Made of mud and logs ·Look like wooden igloos ·Blanket covered doorway ·Doorway faces east ·No windows ·Circular shape- represents the sun ·Centre of the roof was a smoke hole ·Had no furniture ·Families slept on sheepskins on the floor ·Belonging kept in baskets hanging from the roof beams ·Families usually had several Hogan’s in different places for uses at different times of the year ·blessing are sought when new homes were built
From the book North American Indians, by: Herman j. Viola
art. ·a holy person named Spider Woman taught the Navajos how to weave ·gave them instructions for building the looms ·Anthropologists believe that the Navajo learned to weave from their Pueblo Indian neighbours ·most important change was the introduction of wool. ·Churro sheep ·Navajo adopted wool and became a sheep-herding society ·Navajo weaving was nearly identical to Pueblo weaving ·Weavers drew their colors primarily from the natural wool ·Navajo weavers made yellow dyes from native plants, and sometimes combined them with indigo to make green ·The Moqui pattern consisted of alternating stripes of indigo and natural brown ·Turquoise has been used with jewelry by the Navajo for hundreds of years ·Navajo music is always vocal, with instruments ·holy songs, are the complex and comprehensive spiritual literature of the Navajo ·personal, patriotic, daily work, recreation, jokes, and less sacred ceremonial songs are considered popular music ·children's songs are usually about animals, such as pets and livestock ·includes anything in a child's daily life ·if the child cries, the mother will sing to it ·songs are a major part of Navajo culture Wikipedia, last modified on 16 March 2009**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_music** Wikipedia, last modified on 5 May 2009**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people**
A blanket made by a Navajo person using the pattern called Moqui .
**http://www.navajotextiles.com/history.htm**
Dwellings
· Called Hogan’s
· Made of mud and logs
· Look like wooden igloos
· Blanket covered doorway
· Doorway faces east
· No windows
· Circular shape- represents the sun
· Centre of the roof was a smoke hole
· Had no furniture
· Families slept on sheepskins on the floor
· Belonging kept in baskets hanging from the roof beams
· Families usually had several Hogan’s in different places for uses at different times of the year
· blessing are sought when new homes were built
From the book North American Indians, by: Herman j. Viola
art.
· a holy person named Spider Woman taught the Navajos how to weave
· gave them instructions for building the looms
· Anthropologists believe that the Navajo learned to weave from their Pueblo Indian neighbours
· most important change was the introduction of wool.
· Churro sheep
· Navajo adopted wool and became a sheep-herding society
· Navajo weaving was nearly identical to Pueblo weaving
· Weavers drew their colors primarily from the natural wool
· Navajo weavers made yellow dyes from native plants, and sometimes combined them with indigo to make green
· The Moqui pattern consisted of alternating stripes of indigo and natural brown
· Turquoise has been used with jewelry by the Navajo for hundreds of years
· Navajo music is always vocal, with instruments
· holy songs, are the complex and comprehensive spiritual literature of the Navajo
· personal, patriotic, daily work, recreation, jokes, and less sacred ceremonial songs are considered popular music
· children's songs are usually about animals, such as pets and livestock
· includes anything in a child's daily life
· if the child cries, the mother will sing to it
· songs are a major part of Navajo culture
Wikipedia, last modified on 16 March 2009**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_music**
Wikipedia, last modified on 5 May 2009**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people**