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Every Navajo rug is a unique piece that starts with raising the sheep and goats, which are then shorn and the wool carded, spun, dyed, and finally woven, all by hand, into a rug using traditional, contemporary, and historic themes. Rugs are not just...

Every Navajo rug is a unique piece that starts with raising the sheep and goats, which are then shorn and then the wool carded, spun, dyed, and finally woven, all by hand, into a rug using traditional, contemporary, and historic themes. Rugs are not just...

Five Native American educators and academics from The University of New Mexico have been chosen by AcademicInfluence.com as top influential American Indian scholars in the nation. Gregory Cajete (Tewa), Jennie R. Joe (Navajo), Henrietta Mann (Cheyenne), Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), and Gerald Vizenor (Chippewa) ...

Every Navajo rug is a unique piece that starts with raising the sheep and goats for wool, which is then shorn, carded, spun, dyed, and finally woven, all by hand, into a rug using traditional, contemporary, and historic themes. Rugs are not just pieces...

Chances are, if you think of Native American arts, the Navajo rug comes to mind. Every rug is a unique work of art that starts with raising the sheep and goats for wool, which is then shorn, carded, spun, dyed, and finally woven, all by hand, into a rug...

The University of New Mexico Maxwell Museum of Anthropology presents the 10thAnnual Navajo Rug Auction on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Prairie Star Restaurant in Bernalillo. Viewing will begin at 11 a.m. The event is free and open to all. More...

The 9th annual Navajo Rug Auction, benefitting Navajo weavers and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, will take place Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Prairie Star Restaurant in Bernalillo. More than 200 traditional and contemporary handmade rugs by weavers of...