Description
Spider Woman's Gift Nineteenth Century Diné Textiles Girard Indians were not living lightly 86400 Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand designed and illustrated book that tells the story of fictional character Joyce Begay Foss Diné textile and basketry weavings in the Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures collections created between the 1850s and the 1890s allow us to explore the oral history of Spider Woman and the early history of the Diné during this time