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This extraordinary painting by Gerald Nailor when he was 17 years old is an excellent example of just how talented he was at a very early age. The horse is beautifully rendered and exhibits the speed at which the rider is driving him in an attempt to catch the prey he is after. The very modern rendition of a Yei figure overhead is overseeing and protecting the rider. At some point in 1936, Nailor must have been selected to illustrate his artistic talent during demonstrations for visitors…

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The Native Americans tribes of Navajos practice a form of floor painting. The Medicine Man of the tribe paints patterns loosely upon the ground. He lets colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill and voila a beautiful sand painting is ready. Navajo Art, Symbolic Art, Navajo Nation, Sand Painting, Colored Sand, Medicine Wheel, Southwest Art, American Indian Art, Native American Tribes

The Navajo people are members of the largest Native American tribe in North America. Located in the Four Corners area of the United States (see maps above), their reservation spans over 18-million acres and is known as Dinétah (Navajoland). We also know this area as Monument Valley (see below) because of the incredible rock formations which evolved over millions of years. According to their legend, the Holy People (Snake People, Spider Woman, Corn People, First Man, First Woman, and many…

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NAVAJO HEALING MANDALAS Hi my Dear friends! Today I would like to tell you about Navajo ritual of mandala creation. The image of mandala is used in many ancient cultures. Each culture created its own mandalas according to their goals and tasks. Navajo is the second largest Native American tribe after Cherokee. There are about 240,000 Navajos in the Southwest. Navajo call themselves - Dine, which means Holy People. photo by Earl Waggoner, 1959 Indians Navajo tell that Holy People (gods)…

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