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Sarah Biscarra-Dilley, Northern Chumash. Raven Chacon, Navajo Nation, (born 1977) Corwin Clairmont, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla. Joe Feddersen, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ( Okanagan) (born 1953) Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit / Unangax.
Navajo weaving ( Navajo: diyogí) are textiles produced by Navajo people, who are based near the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade items for more than 150 years. Commercial production of handwoven blankets and rugs has been an important element of the Navajo economy.
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah, who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Indigenous American visual arts include portable arts, such as painting, basketry, textiles, or photography, as well as monumental works, such as architecture, land art, public sculpture, or murals. Some Indigenous art forms coincide with Western art forms; however, some, such as porcupine quillwork or birchbark biting are unique to the Americas.
Awanyu painted by Fred Kabotie at Desert View Watchtower. Avanyu or Awanyu is a Tewa deity, the guardian of water. Represented as a horned or plumed serpent with curves suggestive of flowing water or the zig-zag of lightning, Awanyu appears on the walls of caves located high above canyon rivers in New Mexico and Arizona.
Melissa Cody. Melissa Cody (born 1983) is a Navajo textile artist from No Water Mesa, Arizona, United States. Her Germantown Revival style weavings are known for their bold colors and intricate three dimensional patterns. [1] [2] Cody maintains aspects of traditional Navajo tapestries, but also adds her own elements into her work.
Flag of the Navajo Nation. Large Rainbow compassing the Flag, four Mountains one White, Blue, Yellow and Black; Navajo Reservation outline in Copper Orange. Official design of the Navajo Nation flag as it was adopted by the Navajo Nation Council on May 21, 1968 by Resolution CMY-55-68. This design is predominantly used by the Navajo Nation ...
Navajo Woman at a waterfall c. 1920. The Navajo Nation ( Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo ), also known as Navajoland, [3] is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in Window Rock, Arizona .