Navajo Shepherdess Girls in Winter

Navajo Shepherdess Girls in Winter

Title: Shepherdess in Winter. In Monument Valley, Arizona on the Navajo Indian Reservation, children tend the flocks whatever the weather. Here a young girl holds her pet lamb, and in the background loom the stone monuments for which the area is named. [photographer’s caption]

Date: 1950-1970
Creator: Muench, Josef
Photo’s courtesy of:  Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Subjects: Navajo Indians, Native Americans
Places: Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) Navajo Indian Reservation

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Preparing food and distributing beef at the Squaw Dance

Preparing food and distributing beef at the Squaw Dance, Monument Valley, 1938-Charles Kelly.
Description:
Preparing food and distributing beef at the Squaw Dance 1938.

Location: Navajo Indian Reservation, Monument Valley
Photographer: Kelly, Charles
Date of photograph: 1938
Subject: Navajo Life, Food; Meat; Beef; Monument Valley; Navajo Indians; Dance
Photo courtesy of: Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Photo Number: No. 14463
Source donors: Kelly, Charles

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Navajo Boy in Utah 1930s

Navajo Boy in Utah 1930s

Title :Navajo Boy in Utah 1930s
Subject: Native Americans – Navajos
Photo courtesy of: Utah State Historical Society
Source donors: Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Photo Number: No. 22022

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Navajo family in Monument Valley 1960’s

Navajo family sitting on ground by tree. Monument Valley, 1960's.

Description Navajo family sitting on ground by tree. Monument Valley, 1960’s.

Subject American Indians (Native Americans: Navajos
Geopolitical place Navajo Indian Reservation
Rights management Digital Image © 2008 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source donors Utah Petroleum Council
Photo Number No. 14431

The Four Navajo Sacred Mountains

Mount Blanca (Tsisnaasjini’ – Dawn or White Shell Mountain – East
Mount Taylor (Tsoodzil – Blue Bead or Turquoise Mountain) – South
San Francisco Peaks (Doko’oosliid – Abalone Shell Mountain) – West
Mount Hesperus Dibé Nitsaa (Big Mountain Sheep) – Obsidian Mountain – North

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Navajo Group with Wagon; Lees Ferry, Arizona

Navajo Group with Wagon; Lees Ferry, ArizonaPhoto of  a Navajo Group with Wagon near Lees Ferry, Arizona

Photographer: Palmer, William R., 1877-1960
Subject: Indians of North America Navajo
Date Original: 1936
Photo’s courtesy of: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University



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Three Navajo Children with Dog.

Title: Young Navajo Traders

 

Young Navajo traders 1940

Three Navajo Children with Dog. One holding Navajo Rug

Date: 1940’s
Photo: By William R Palmer, 1877-1960
Photo’s courtesy of: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University
Identifier: ph1b2f3i196.jpg

 



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Navajo Girl and Boy on Donkey 1930’s

Navajo Girl and Boy on Donkey 1930's

Photographer Davis, Glenn A.

Photo’s courtesy of: Utah State Historical Society
Subject: American Indians (Native Americans: Navajos)
Source donors: Kelly, Charles
Photo Number: No. 14446

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Navajo Mother with Baby is in a Cradleboard

Navajo Mother with  Baby is in a Cradleboard

Summary: Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) mother and child. The baby is in a cradleboard. The mother wears necklaces and silver bracelets.
Creator: Pennington, William M.
Date [between 1904 and 1932]
Rights: Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Notes A note, a quote from an article in the June 1938 edition of The Desert Magazine that includes commentary on the subjects, accompanies print.; Formerly F29630.; Portion of stamp is crossed out and “Pennington” is written above stamp.; Stamped on back of print: “Copyright by Ellen Todd, Inc. Tales in Pictures (Trade Mark) This picture may not be syndicated, rented, loaned, nor utilized for advertising purposes.”; Title, “Ind- Navajo Arts & crafts- Cradleboards”, and “Illustration only” hand-written on back of print.; R7100330634

 
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Woman Dying Wool for Navajo Indian Rugs

Woman Dying wool for Navajo Indian Rugs- Arizona

Location: Arizona
Creator(s): Frashers Fotos.
Summary: Native American (Navajo) women dye wool in preparation for weaving in Arizona. A rug is on a nearby loom.
Date: between 1910 and 1930
Rights: Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

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Navajo Family by Wood Stick Hogan

Navajo Family by Wood Stick Hogan Description – Navajo family with wikiup hogan in the background
Publisher – Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico
Date Original – ca. 1920-1940

 
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