resiliency

Created with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

Joanne Barker

The Trailblazer books feature positive role models for Native students while providing non-Native students with a view of Indigenous people today

But when controversy arises around Aunt Georgia’s Indian Camp in their mostly white midwestern community

A New Deal for Navajo Weaving: Reform and Revival of Diné Textiles sexuality resiliencyA New Deal for Navajo Weaving provides a detailed history of early to mid twentieth century Din weaving projects by non Natives who sought to improve the quality and marketability of Navajo weaving but in so doing failed to understand the cultural significance of weaving and its role in the lives of Din women. By the 1920s the durability and market value of Din weavings had declined dramatically. Indian welfare advocates established projects aimed at