Mona Laughing, a third-generation Navajo artist and award-winning master weaver from Crystal, New Mexico, was this year’s ...

Navajo weaver Roy Kady will give a talk at 6 p.m. today at the National Museum of Wildlife Art as the exhibition “A ...

Textile as cultural text : contemporary Navajo weaving as autoethnographic practice / Jennifer McLerran -- "It's up to you" : individuality, community and cosmopolitanism in Navajo weaving / Janet ...

In June 2023, as part of his material research for an exhibition at, Diné (Navajo) artist Eric-Paul Riege visited Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology to ...

Discover Torrey, Utah’s peaceful red rock haven where starlit skies, quiet trails, and desert calm steal your heart.

The Trump administration has targeted the country’s 37 tribal colleges and universities, many tucked in rural corners of the Midwest.

At its roots, The American Southwest, from Fin and Fur Films, is a natural history documentary. “I’m a wildlife guy,” says ...

For Indigenous Peoples' Day, the Up First newsletter is recognizing the work NPR's member stations do to uplift Indigenous ...

For Lois Becenti, weaving has been both a livelihood and a way of life for six decades.

Manuel Heart, 64, has spent half his life guiding the Southwestern tribe of 2,000. Though it's time to hand over the reins, there are still fights ahead.

Navajo culture remains vibrant, with traditions like weaving, silversmithing, and ceremonial practices playing a central role in daily life. The Cherokee Nation: A Legacy of Resilience The Cherokee ...

Textiles, although temporarily dethroned by oil painting from the top of the hierarchy of Western art, remained highly prestigious right through the Renaissance in Europe, and they have remained so ...