Navajo: Art and Women in Society

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Navajo Tribe is an Indian tribe which are and were located in Southwest Unites States (mostly Utah area). During Pre-Historic times the Navajo Tribe was unique due to there inergration of women and the dipication of there sophisticated art. Navajo Women had many roles in society, but the three main roles which highly affected there society was industrializing, taking care of children, and art. Navajo women were not limited to staying at home and cooking, rather women would work in house jobs such as making fences and painting. Many women used to raise cattle such as sheep and goat, to use there wool and to make clothing, and other trade items. The goats would also be a great source of meat. Women had a say in there community and were highly respected. “Changing Women” is a oral tradition of the Navajo which is not only disscussed and shown in this ThingLink but is the root to why women in Navajo society were treated respectfully. Women were important to sustain Navajo religion and treat respect to there children. Oral tradition not only taught children but reminded women in the tribe there significance.The art produced by Navajo women such as pottery, baskets, and bead making truly affects the meaning and survival of Navajo people and there culture. Through art we discover that the Navajo people were not only cultured but civil people beliving in balance and livilyhood. This ThingLink will provide information on Prehistoric  Navajo art such as beadmaking, and pottery and also information on women in society and oral traditions.