Fourth Navajo Fair Showcases Strong Exhibits at Shiprock
The Fourth Annual Navajo Fair at Shiprock drew about four thousand Navajo and six hundred whites. Events featured the Fire Dance and Sand Paintings. Superintendent Shelton led a near flawless setup with eleven groups of displays from schools and twelve reservation sections. Exhibit valuations approached thirty five thousand dollars, with many blankets, silver, beads, and farm products on display from traders and Navajo families.
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Shiprock
Arizona
Utah
Washington
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Middle States
Shelton
Navajo Exhibit at Walker's Post Produces Rich Silver Beads
Detailed listing of silver belts beads buckskin and moccasins from Navajo exhibitors near Walker's Post. Premiums awarded to successful contestants with Navajo blankets credited to makers rather than owners. Agricultural and horticultural specimens and farm tools appear among the displays.
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Frank Noel
Trading Post
Natanabitsilli
E. H. Davies
Grey Hills
Germantown
George Bloomfield
Lot
O. C. Walker
Walker’s Post
Mesare, Wetherill & Colville
Arizona
San Juan
C. H. Algert Co
Sacred Fire Dance At Shiprock Draws Navajo Ceremonial Crowd
A long account describes Navajo preparations for the Sacred Fire Dance near Shiprock, detailing medicine men, sand paintings, and the ten day ceremonies. It covers the cedar corral construction, dance acts around the fire, prayer sticks, and the burning of bark skeins, culminating in a dramatic, highly ritual event observed by white visitors despite restrictions.
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Shiprock
Big Corral
Big Circle
Hogan
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United States
Frank Staplin
San Juan Agency
Tol-chuny
Hosteen-shush
John L. Oliver
Hosteenner-bega
Nelson-bega
Hubbard, Tyler
Orr
Major Lockwood
Beaton
The
Indian Association
B. Noel
Noel
Nvajos
To-de-chad-a
Clah-des-chilige
Wetherill & Colville
Baker’s
Joe Lee
Max Black
Iil
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