Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:30 — 51.7MB) | Embed
Navajo sheep herders are usually busy at this time of year. Depending on the size of their herd, shearing sheep is is a process that can take weeks. Clipping raw wool from sheep is one of the first steps to making famous Navajo rugs and dresses. Weavers then take over to process and dye wool and spin it into yarn. We’ll talk with sheep herders and weavers about the cultural and artistic process of taking wool from sheep to the loom.
Guests:
Colleen Biakeddy (Diné) – shepherd raising churro sheep
Aretta Begay (Diné) – Executive Director, Diné be’iiná.
Zefren Anderson (Navajo) – experimental archaeological weaver and silversmith
Break 1 music: Bah, Bah Black Sheep & Mary Had a Little Lamb (song) Radmilla Cody (artist) Precious Friends: Songs For Children (album)
Break 2 music: This Land (song) Keith Secola (artist) Native Americana – A Coup Stick (album)
