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Diné: People of the Navajo Nation
This exhibit includes examples of 20th century Navajo rugs, pottery, baskets, other artifacts from the museum’s permanent collections, and photographs of historic and modern Navajos. Although the Diné (Navajo people) are well known for their production of handmade wool rugs and saddle blankets, there are also prehistoric or historic traditions of pottery and basket manufacture, sand paintings, silver and turquoise jewelry, kachina dolls and fabric dolls. Centered at Window Rock, Arizona, the Dinétah (Navajo Nation) represents the largest American Indian reservation in the U.S. It encompasses portions of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah and it surrounds the Hopi reservation in Arizona. The Diné are related linguistically and culturally to the Apache tribes and other Athapaskan speakers in Alaska and Canada.
This exhibit is in conjunction with Wrapped in Tradition: The Chihuly Collection of Native American Trade Blankets exhibit at the El Paso Museum of Art.
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Woody Crumbo: American Indian Artist and Activist
Woody Crumbo (1912-1989) was a Creek-Potowatomi Indian from Oklahoma. He is best known for his silk screens and etchings of American Indian figures and animals. Among his most prominent works is Land of Enchantment a watercolor on paper (1946) depicting a gently humorous confrontation between a Navajo mother and daughter and a family of tourists. In 1960, Woody Crumbo was named Assistant Director of the El Paso Museum of Art. In 1968, he was appointed Director. While in El Paso, Crumbo was instrumental in promoting federal recognition and tribal status for the Tigua Indians at Ysleta de Sur Pueblo. This exhibit includes examples of Crumbo’s works donated to the El Paso Museum of Art and commemorates his contributions to El Paso’s multiethnic heritage and diversity.
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