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Les Wilson - Two Grey Hills Trading Post

 Les Wilson Holding a rug I bought

Les Wilson started work at Shonto Trading Post in 1972. Les moved to Many Farms Trading Company in 1976 and Two Grey Hills Trading Post in 1983. In 1986 he bought Two Grey Hills Trading Post, which he currently operates.

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Tom Ganado

Tom Ganado, head-and-shoulders portrait.

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Maneulito family

 
Photograph shows (seated in center) Juanita Manuelito, wife of Navajo leader Maneulito, with two daughters and three grandchildren. At left: Shizie Manuelito and her daughter. At right: Ahkinbah Manuelito, her daughter, and a boy, probably George Manuelito. (Source for portrait identifications and photographer attribution: J. Denetdale, 2004)
 

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Navajo Weavers.

The art of weaving, as it exists among the Navajo Indians of New
Mexico and Arizona, possesses points of great interest to the student
of ethnography. It is of aboriginal origin; and while European art has
undoubtedly modified it, the extent and nature of the foreign
influence is easily traced. It is by no means certain, still there are
many […]

Navajo Lifestyle

Generally speaking, Navajos do not live in villages. Their traditions did not dictate this necessity, as is common with other Native American societies. They have always banded together in small groups, often near a source of water. Their wide dispersion across the reservation is due in part to the limited amount of grazing land, and […]