Sadie Curtis Navajo Weaver, 2006
excerpt 03:43; original running time 09:06
with consulting anthropologist Teresa Wilkins, PhD.; assisted by Linda Thornton;
native cedar flute music by Terry McKinley
Sadie Curtis (1931-2012) was a Navajo woman descended from five generations of weavers. Filmed inside her hogan, Sadie talks about learning to weave as a child and how she gained fame from the creation of an American flag in the Navajo style. Since 2009, Sadie has been viewed over 59,000 times on YouTube.
Exhibitions/Awards/Press
As of 2012, Sadie Curtis: Navajo Weaver is on permanent exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.