While stationed in Phoenix in the mid-1980s, I bought this rug for $500 from an officer whose mother wove Navajo rugs. The textile was made using natural yarns, which were hand-spun and dyed with ...

Mark your calendar: November 11 and December 9. Those are the next two dates for Navajo rug auctions at Crownpoint, a dusty village of about 2,000 in northwestern New Mexico. The event, sponsored by ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Auctioneer Bob Payne encouraged excitement from the older crowd seated in the courtyard of the Palace of the ...

Today's topic is Native American rugs, but there is a pressing question to be answered first: What is the difference between a rug and a carpet? Anyone? Anyone? I use them interchangeably, but they ...

In this multimedia series, Arizona Republic reporter Sonja Haller and photographers John Samora, Mark Henle, Cheryl Evans and David Wallace set out to feature the products made, manufactured or grown ...

History -- From sheep to rug -- Shiprock -- Lukachukai -- Teec Nos Pos -- Crystal -- Two Gray hills -- Chinle -- Ganado -- Wide ruins -- Western reservation -- Specialty rugs and other types -- ...

MARTINSDALE — A new exhibit at the Bair Family Museum will give viewers a rare opportunity to see exquisite Navajo weavings from the family collection. Many of the Bair family Navajo weavings were ...