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Interior of Sarah and Leo Natani's hogan,
with rugs woven by Sarah. Navajo Nation,
near Table Mesa, New Mexico, 1999. Photo ©
Lucy Capehart
"My mom told me one time, she said,
'We're very vulnerable when there's
only one person,' and she said, "Think
about the sheep that way. When I
take that wool and when I spin it
into many strands and when I twist
it, we become all of us intertwined
and we become strong like many,
many people together helping each
other.' That's how I think about my
rug. There's a lot of history, there's
a lot of things woven into that rug.'
Sharon Begay is a schoolteacher and founder
of Diné bí' iina', a Navajo movement to recover
tribal traditions and economic independence
through sheep culture.
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