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dibé bighaaʼ
dibé bighaaʼ
sheep's wool
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Navajo/Diné BizaadRelated Digital Heritage Items:
El Navajo (1945), Navajo Country (1951), Navajo Canyon Country (1954), The Navajo Indian (1945), Navajo Indians (1939), Arts and Crafts of the Southwest Indians (1953), Navajo Land (1936), Navajo Children (1938), The Navajo Demon [Alternate title: The Navajo Witch] (1938)Related Content:
Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Scenes of Navajo life include: sheepherding and animal husbandry; rug weaving; moccasin making; preparing food; visiting the trading post; farming; a marriage, silversmithing; conducting a sweat; performing a men’s Shooting Way Chant and sandpainting. Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
This film follows the Navajo/Diné Carillo family and Boja artisan couple through a variety of activities including silversmithing, jewelry making, preparing wool, weaving, brushing hair, and more. Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Brief history of the Navajo's relationship to the Canyon de Chelly and its formation over time; other topics: construction of hogans; sheep sheering; cliff dwellings; and prayer piles.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A profile of Navajo/Diné social life, family structure, and culture. Activities shown: farming corn, sheep herding, preparing corn bread, children and family pets, weaving wool and yarn preparation, loom building, silversmithing, trading goods, and more.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Major themes briefly covered: Daily life, rug weaving, social life, courtship, wedding customs, sheepherding, preparing food, harvesting corn, carding and spinning wool, rug weaving, trade, silversmithing, social dances, and constructing a hogan.