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Navajo Churro Sheep have been breed and developed over 400 years by our people for their excellent wool and meat. Due to several factors our breed is now rare and needs special attention for its survival.
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our breed's history and value.
Navajo Churro's have a double coat. The inner wool is fine and the outer coat is course. The outer coat may reach 12 inches in length. The wool is ideal for rugs, horse cinches, ropes, felting and outer garments. Click here for information about our
Original Navajo Churro Collection
Navajo Churro lamb is delicious. Raised on grass and rangeland, its meat is lean, tender and "sweet".
Click here to find out about our work with Slow Food and the Churro Presidium.
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We offer leadership and
support
to those who
want to learn about and
continue traditional
lifeways of Navajo sheep
herders and weavers.
Our
programs restore help honor and enhance the status sheep herding,
wool processing, weaving, and
land management has in our culture and
way of life.
We are dedicated to conserving the Navajo Churro Sheep breed and educate the community and the public about the importance of our Navajo Churro Sheep to our culture and spirituality.
As a 501c3 non-profit, we collaborates with other groups, agencies and individuals to organize educational and cultural programs, technical assistance workshops, community and economic development initiatives, and outreach activities.
Take a
moment to browse our site, see our photos and listen to our story.
Learn
how you may become involved.
Go to our events page for more happenings!
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WEAVERS ORGANIZE NAVAJO RUG AUCTION
AT SHEEP IS LIFE CELEBRATION
Saturday, June 21, 2008, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Greyhills Academy Auditorium, Tuba City, Navajo Nation.
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Press Release:
RENOWNED NAVAJO CHEF
PREPARES BANQUET FOR SHEEP IS LIFE CELEBRATION
Friday, 20 June 2008, 5:00 p.m.
Greyhills Academy Campus, Tuba City, Arizona, Navajo Nation.
Click here for menuFriday June 20th: Sheep and Land Management Workshops
Lambing and
Management,
9:00 – noon, Room L112 Dr. Lyle
McNeal, Utah State University,
History of the Navajo Sheep Project, 2:00 –
4:00, L112
Wool
Improvement, 10 – noon, L114
Patricia Quintana, New Mexico State University
Marketing
Navajo-Churro Wool,
2:00 – 4:00 pm, Room L114
Ram
Selection, 11:00 – noon, L113
Jim Keyes, Utah State University
Land
Management Walk-About,
2:00 – 3:30 start in Nelson Park at 2:00 p.m.
Cindy Dvergsten, Whole Concepts,
4-H Youth Workshop – Preparing Your Lamb to Show, 11:00 – 2:00, Nelson Park. Felix Nez, Diné College Land Grant Program.
Saturday June 21st: Sheep and Land Management Workshops
Flock Recordkeeping, 10:00 – noon, L112 Sam Cunningham, Utah RC&D,
Slow Foods Navajo-Churro Lamb Presidium, 11:00 – 1:00, Gay Chanler, Nelson Park
Protecting the Integrity of Diné Traditions and Cultural Expressions. Seminar and Discussion 1:00 – 2:30, Room L112, Robert Yazzie, Diné Policy Institute.
Free Demonstrations Both Friday and Saturday
Traditional Hand Shearing, Leon Tsosie
Wool Skirting, Colleen Biakeddy
Wool Washing, Rebecca Allen
Traditional Wool Carding/Spinning, Evelyn Simonson
Vegetal Wool Dyeing, Rachael Allen
Navajo Weaving, Rita Perry
Banquet
Sheep is Life Celebration
AWARDS BANQUET DINNER
Greyhills Academy, Tuba City,
Friday, June 20
th, 2008, 5:00 p.m.Tickets: $20 per person
Prepared by
W
ALTER WHITEWATER,Native American Chef
Appetizer
Jay Begay’s Navajo-Churro Lamb
Stuffed in a Roasted Green Chile
with Home Made Tomato Sauce
and Garnished with Sour Cream
Salad
Baby Mixed Green Salad with Small Cherry Tomatoes,
Miniature Cucumber Slices,
in a Balsamic Vinaigrette
With Freshly Baked Hopi Oven Bread
Entrée
Chipotlé Rubbed Roasted Leg
of Jay Begay’s Navajo-Churro Lamb
with Wild Cherry Sauce
Served on a bed of Mesa Squash Sautéed Vegetables
and Home Style Mashed Potatoes
Dessert
Fresh Summer Melon Sliced Fruit
with Hand Harvested Prickly Pear
Beverages
Hand Gathered Indian Iced Tea
Organic Coffee
Sparkling Water
Diné be' iiná, Inc.
The Navajo Lifeway
is a grass roots, community-based
nonprofit Navajo
organization founded in 1991.
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Current News:
Attend
Mini Sheep Is Life
at Hubbell Trading Post near Ganado AZ in July, 2008.
Visit www.nps.gov/hutr for more information.
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Click here to see photo gallery for our past Sheep Is Life Celebrations
Sharing and learning are at the heart of the Sheep Is Life Celebration. Bring your fiber art projects to work on. Share your experience as shepherd.
"Sheep are in every essence an important part of our culture and traditions.
It is
important to celebrate our sheep traditions and our lifeways. Our Sheep Is Life
Celebration re-centers us in the cosmos of our universe; it is our blessingway
ceremony for our continuance here on earth, and for the next generations to
come."
Roy Kady
Diné
be´iiná
