Preparing Navajo Wool with Native Plants and Wildlife

Abstract

This curriculum unit will explain the importance of certain plants and animals to the Navajo people. It will give students an understanding of why their grandparents and relatives value the land and the native animals and plants. Students will gain respect and will want to also help restore what is valuable to their people. Students will learn about the Navajo craft, rug weaving. They will be taught the oral history of how sheep came to be, how rug weaving was introduced to the People, and how a balance needs to be restored.