THE WATERHOLE
The waterhole hides away behind the red rocks, but my sheep know where to find it.
Their little feet have made a deep trail from the corral to the waterhole.
The Waterhole – Navajo Language Lesson
April 16, 2013 by
Little Navajo Indian Girl and Dog
July 31, 2012 by
A sweet child of the Navajos holding on to her pet dog. She wears the rich jewelry and sewed on dimes which constitutes wealth among this southwestern Indian tribe.
Date around 1943. Photo by Josef Muench
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Josef Muench was born in Bavaria February 8, 1904.
At the age of 11 he received his first camera and began a lifelong interest in capturing nature on film.
He arrived in the United States with his brother in 1926 and eventually settled in Santa Barbara, California. In the 1930s, Muench began his long association with Arizona Highways Magazine.
Josef Muench died in 1998.
