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Title: American Indians : first families of the Southwest
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Huckel, John Frederick, 1863-1936 Harvey, Fred
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : F. Harvey
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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s and ponies. The blankets made by the Navaho, as well as the silver work, were alwayssought by the other tribes. The products of the Navaho craftsmen attractedIndians from the far North; in other days the Shoshones came from what is nowWyoming and Idaho to trade beautifully tanned buckskin garments for theNavaho blankets and silver trinkets. Nowadays the Navaho set off in littlegroups, bringing their wares to the white traders. They are shrewd and businesslike, widely different from the popular idea ofsome other Indians who exchange their earthly possessions for a plug of tobaccoand a handful of beads. There are many smiths among the Navaho, who forge iron, brass and silver.It is generally believed that they learned this art from the Spaniards. At thetime of the Spanish conquest, however, the Mexican tribes had a knowledge ofmetal work and it is possible that the Navaho acquired it from them. The bellowsare of goat skin; the forges of simplest construction. Digitized by IVIicrosoft®
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Digitized by IVIicrosoft® Elle of Ganado, Who Practices the Art Undefiled No Indian, man or woman, has met and spoken to more whites than hasElle of Ganado. Of all the Navaho weavers she is recognized as the foremost,never having departed from the best in the native art, both as regards the designsand the natural wools and colors. Several years ago Elle of Ganado was broughtto Albuquerque, there in the Indian Building to give practical demonstration ofthis beautiful native art. Thousands of trans-continental travellers have seen thiswoman of the Navaho at her work. In the illustration the vertical threads are the warp threads; the weft is in-serted between them. The rods across the center of the blanket are inserted amongthe threads of the warp to separate them and to facilitate the insertion of the weftthread. In principle the loom used today by the Navaho Elle and for centuriesbefore by her ancestors resembles closely that of the ancient Egyptians. Among all the Navaho there is not

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