Woven from Sand: Hastiin Klah, Navajo Weaver and Healer | LGBTQ History
Sandpaintings were made to be swept away. One Diné singer found a way to weave them into wool, so they would last.
Tonight we travel to Diné country in northwestern New Mexico to meet Hastiin Klah (1867 to 1937), a nádleeh weaver and healer who mastered at least eight ceremonies, wove the first full sandpainting tapestry in 1919, and, with Mary Cabot Wheelwright, founded the museum in Santa Fe now known as the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Along the way: an upright loom in the shade of a brush arbor, a winter hogan with its door facing east, a line of blue sand pouring from a…
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