Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Entering the Beadworkers' World
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Ethnographic Process
Chpater 2. Underpinnings: Themes of the Book
Part 2: Beads Then and Now
Chapter 3. Beads in Navaho Life and Oral Tradition: A Continuum from Past to Present
Chapter 4. Oral History of Navajo Woven and Stitched Beadwork
Part 3: Creating Design
Chapter 5. Architectures of Light: Tsodizin, Nitsáhákees
Chapter 6. Bringing the Design to Life: Nahat'á, Iiná
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Beadwork Techniques
Notes
Bibliography
Index