Navajo weaving has been documented as early as the 1700s. They used upright looms with no moving parts and wool produced by ...

For artist Marilou Schultz, the ancestral practice of weaving melds with an unexpected contemporary source of inspiration.

Juanita (Asdzáá Tł’ogi), the wife of Navajo leader Manuelito (Hastiin Ch’il Haajiní), brought the loom and weaving to Washington, D.C., in 1874, when she and Manuelito were members of a ...

The warp-weighted loom uses a system of holding the warp threads parallel under tension by tying them in small bunches to weights made of stone, pottery or metal. From the beginning of Western history ...

The 3 ½-hour excursion in off-road vehicles also features a Navajo rug-weaving demonstration and a visit to a traditional Navajo home. Visitors to the photogenic valley typically enjoy learning ...

A National Science Foundation grant designed to foster computational thinking and cultivate interest in STEM among rural Navajo youth and their educators has been awarded to Boston College in ...

The weaver's back is in bad condition, and she has to weave the carpet in a curved way and work. Narrator: The process of weaving a Persian rug differs slightly with each variety, but generally ...

Her extraordinary textile designs and their translations to clothing, her personal style, social media savvy, and ability to ...

John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe’s native language, has died. He was 107. Navajo Nation officials in ...

Another editor found that his rug warped in shape under the weight of an office chair rolling around, as well as the wear and tear of a cat clawing at it—unsurprising given that the weave of the ...

An ancient symbolic code lies behind the intricate patterns of Kashmir's traditional handwoven carpets and rugs ... weaving carpets using talim designs. "It took me five years to learn how to ...

Simultaneously, we see his grandmother carrying on the traditions of Navajo rug weaving, tending sheep, caring for family ... The specificity of Gush lies in perspective and generation, as we weave ...