The visual materials in this section are educational in nature and feature the knowledge, memories, and lives of individual Navajos, Navajo families, and Navajo communities. Content includes spiritual beliefs and practices, information about the Miss Navajo Nation Pageant and interviews with contestants, the importance of sheep in Navajo culture, and the traditions and practices that are part of day-to-day life in Navajo families and communities.
In Beauty I Walk: The Navajo Way to Harmony
Explores traditional Navajo spiritual practices and thought and illustrates how the traditional way of life, called “walking in beauty,” seeks to replicate the order and harmony of the universe within each person. Features Navajo medicine man Johnson Dennison, Navajo philosopher Harry Walters, and anthropologist Peter Gold [berkeleymedia.com].
In Beauty I Walk: The Navajo Way to Harmony. Dir. Sherri Brenner. Sherri Brenner Productions, 2001. DVD.
[E99.N3 I53 2001. Location: SJC West Reference]
Miss Navajo
The Miss Navajo Nation Pageant emphasizes the importance of cultural preservation and the meaning of being a woman in Navajo culture. This film follows twenty-one year old Crystal Frazier, 2005-2006 Miss Navajo Nation, in her journey leading up to the competition. Also includes interviews with previous pageant contestants as they share their memories of what the pageant meant to them [pbs.org].
Miss Navajo. Dir. Billy Luther. Independent Television Service, 2007. DVD.
[HQ1220.U5 M576 2007. Location: SJC Main, SJC West Reference]
The Navajo: An Ancient Gift
Portrays a day in the life of a contemporary Navajo community in northern Arizona, including scenes of family, community, and ritual life. Highlights the importance of sheep (an “ancient gift”) in the Navajo culture and shows the ways in which sheep are an integral part of day-to-day life. The vital role of women in ceremonial, social, and cultural life is also evident in the film [tellens.com].
The Navajo: An Ancient Gift. Dir. Donald Coughlin. Tellens, Inc. 1982. VHS. [E99.N3 A49 1982. Location: SJC Main]
Seasons of a Navajo
"Carries through a year in the life of a family as grandparents pass on the ancient traditions of their people. Told in their own words, this sensitive portrait of a traditional Navajo family reveals a world where 'living well' means kinship with the earth and unceasing hard work. Filmed in Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly and Window Rock, [Arizona,] the program offers majestic panoramas of the breathtaking beauty of the Southwest” [azpbs.org].
Seasons of a Navajo. Dir. John Borden. Peace River Films, 1988. VHS. [E99.N3 S4 1988. Location: SJC Main, SJC West]
In Beauty I Walk: The Navajo Way to Harmony
Explores traditional Navajo spiritual practices and thought and illustrates how the traditional way of life, called “walking in beauty,” seeks to replicate the order and harmony of the universe within each person. Features Navajo medicine man Johnson Dennison, Navajo philosopher Harry Walters, and anthropologist Peter Gold [berkeleymedia.com].
In Beauty I Walk: The Navajo Way to Harmony. Dir. Sherri Brenner. Sherri Brenner Productions, 2001. DVD.
[E99.N3 I53 2001. Location: SJC West Reference]
Miss Navajo
The Miss Navajo Nation Pageant emphasizes the importance of cultural preservation and the meaning of being a woman in Navajo culture. This film follows twenty-one year old Crystal Frazier, 2005-2006 Miss Navajo Nation, in her journey leading up to the competition. Also includes interviews with previous pageant contestants as they share their memories of what the pageant meant to them [pbs.org].
Miss Navajo. Dir. Billy Luther. Independent Television Service, 2007. DVD.
[HQ1220.U5 M576 2007. Location: SJC Main, SJC West Reference]
The Navajo: An Ancient Gift
Portrays a day in the life of a contemporary Navajo community in northern Arizona, including scenes of family, community, and ritual life. Highlights the importance of sheep (an “ancient gift”) in the Navajo culture and shows the ways in which sheep are an integral part of day-to-day life. The vital role of women in ceremonial, social, and cultural life is also evident in the film [tellens.com].
The Navajo: An Ancient Gift. Dir. Donald Coughlin. Tellens, Inc. 1982. VHS. [E99.N3 A49 1982. Location: SJC Main]
Seasons of a Navajo
"Carries through a year in the life of a family as grandparents pass on the ancient traditions of their people. Told in their own words, this sensitive portrait of a traditional Navajo family reveals a world where 'living well' means kinship with the earth and unceasing hard work. Filmed in Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly and Window Rock, [Arizona,] the program offers majestic panoramas of the breathtaking beauty of the Southwest” [azpbs.org].
Seasons of a Navajo. Dir. John Borden. Peace River Films, 1988. VHS. [E99.N3 S4 1988. Location: SJC Main, SJC West]