Reweaving Tradition

DVD Basketry Weaving Video in English Language

This is a 20 minute DVD featuring young basket weaver, Christopher Black, from Monument Valley, Utah. Chris, who was a high school student when the video was filmed, is a talented, third generation basket weaver. In this DVD, Chris discusses his baskets, the reasons that he weaves, and explains the unconventional motifs that he incorporates in his pictorial creations. Chris also shows the process of preparing the three-leaf sumac rods and dying the materials needed for making his baskets. Chris explains that he has also taught his brother and cousins to weave.

Traditional storyteller and educator, Lucille Hunt, then describes the symbolism of the traditional ceremonial basket. The DVD closes with a performance of the “Navajo Basket Dance” by the Desert Mountain Navajo Dancers from Blanding, Utah.

DVD Price $10.00

To Purchase:
Heritage Language Resource Center
Navajo and Ute Language Resources
28 West 20 North
Blanding, Utah 8451
435 -678 -1230
Website: media.sjsd.org

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