Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné

Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné

These films are accompanied by one or more alternative audio narrations contributed by members of the broader Navajo/Diné community.

How to Play the Video and Audio Recordings at the Same Time

  1. For best results, play the video first and turn down the volume completely by clicking and dragging the blue lines on the right-hand side to the left until the bars all turn gray. Wait for the black screen with text to disappear...
  2. Next, click on the audio player's play button. The volumne control is on the right-hand side. Quickly return to the video.
  3. Note: Narrators have approached discussing the videos in their own way. Some speak directly to the footage on the screen, other narrators are more conversational, or a combination of both.

If you would like to narrate a film, email us at the address at the bottom of your screen.

Items in Collection: 
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.
Fictional (and questionable) narrative about a 12-year-old boy who captures a Great Horned Owl and attempts to tame it. He brings it home to his parents and grandparents. Some images of daily life.
Episode of the TV show VAGABOND about Monument Valley and the Navajo people. Navajo-related activities include a cross-cultural exchange with YMCA/YWCA, selling rugs, weaving, sheepherding, cooking, doctor visit.
Navajo activities depicted include silversmithing jewelry and bow guard, grinding corn meal and baking bread, eating a meal, ploughing and planting, family life, and wrapping a baby into a cradleboard. Views of Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.
Film features primarily Tom Burnsides' silversmithing of a buckle, trading at the post, and close-ups of his wares. Also, striking views of Monument Valley and family herding their flock across the landscape.

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