A look at Navajo rug weaving through this found documentary, a silent film from 1941 by Tad Nichols. "Navajo Rug Weaving" documents a Navajo weaver's, Sally Peshlakai, labor at the Peshlakai summer camp. Through this film, Nichols captures the entire process of weaving a Navajo rug. Peshlakai is shown shearing sheep; carding, washing, dyeing, and spinning wool; building a loom; weaving the rug; and finally cutting it off the loom. • To view all rugs for sale, woven by the Elders in our program,

Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, teaches a little bit about weaving. Weaving is traditionally done by the women. In this video Wally talks about his mother and how she learned to weave. Wally also addresses how very different the weaving styles are between the Dinè and the Pueblos. Anthropologists say Navajos learned to weave from the pueblos but Wally says methods are too different for that to be true. | Navajo Traditional Teachings