Introduction: The problem -- 1. Reformers and revivalists -- 2. Indian traders' and government agents' early twentieth-century improvement projects -- 3. Federal programs to improve Navajo weaving -- 4. The Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory, Wingate Vocational High School and the Navajo Arts and Craft Guild -- Conclusion
Summary
"A New Deal for Navajo Weaving provides a history of early to mid-twentieth-century Diné weaving projects by non-Natives who sought to improve the quality and marketability of Diné weaving but in so doing failed to understand the cultural significance of weaving and its role in the lives of Diné women"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Jennifer McLerran recently retired from teaching art history and museum studies at Northern Arizona University. She has served as a curator of Native American art at the Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, and the Museum of Northern Arizona
