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DOI	10.2752/175183507X249477
	Returning Navajo-Churro sheep for Navajo weaving
	Strawn, Susan M.; Littrell, Mary A.
通讯作者	Strawn, SM (corresponding author), Dominican Univ River Forest, Dept Apparel Design & Merchandising, River Forest, IL 60305 USA.
来源期刊	TEXTILE-THE JOURNAL OF CLOTH & CULTURE
ISSN	1475-9756
出版年	2007
卷号	5 期号:3 页码:300-319
英文摘要	Navajo-Churro sheep provided a traditional fiber resource for handwoven textiles produced by Navajo people. Sixteenth-century Spanish explorers seeking riches in the American Southwest introduced their Spanish Churro sheep, a hardy desert variety whose descendants are the breed known today as Navajo-Churro. As a stable base for Navajo pastoralism, these sheep adapted to the harsh desert landscape of Navajo homelands and provided wealth, food, wool, and social cohesion for the Navajo people. After the mid-nineteenth century when more Anglo-Americans migrated into the Southwest, vast herds of Navajo-Churro sheep were reduced to near extinction through outright destruction and by crossbreeding with high-production breeds. During the 1970s, Navajo and non-Navajo herders and weavers joined in coordinated efforts to return the Navajo-Churro breed to Navajo lands and people. The contemporary Navajo organization Dine be' iina (abbreviated to DBI and translated as The Navajo Lifeway) provided leadership for the return of Navajo-Churro sheep. In this article, we explore how the return of Navajo-Churro sheep and wool can strengthen cultural identity, rekindle ideological teachings, and revitalize material culture. The analysis provides an example of development intervention at the level of raw materials, as opposed to design, product development, or marketing intercession with textile traditions.
英文关键词	Navajo sheep weaving wool cultural identity local breed
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000251845000003
WOS类目	Humanities, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Arts & Humanities - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/360478
作者单位	[Strawn, Susan M.] Dominican Univ River Forest, Dept Apparel Design & Merchandising, River Forest, IL 60305 USA; [Littrell, Mary A.] Colorado State Univ, Dept Design & Merchandising, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Strawn, Susan M.,Littrell, Mary A.. Returning Navajo-Churro sheep for Navajo weaving[J],2007,5(3):300-319.
APA	Strawn, Susan M.,&Littrell, Mary A..(2007).Returning Navajo-Churro sheep for Navajo weaving.TEXTILE-THE JOURNAL OF CLOTH & CULTURE,5(3),300-319.
MLA	Strawn, Susan M.,et al."Returning Navajo-Churro sheep for Navajo weaving".TEXTILE-THE JOURNAL OF CLOTH & CULTURE 5.3(2007):300-319.