| Title |
Christmas Party - Heflin's, December 21, 1946. Navajo men and women around a stew kettle |
| Subject |
Indians of North America; Photographs; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indian blankets; Navajo blankets--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Material culture--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Social life and customs--Photographs; Navajo women--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America |
| Keywords |
Holiday parties; Navajo-Clothing; Diné culture; Native Americans |
| Publisher |
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| File Name |
P0092n02_15_353.tif |
| Tribe |
Navajo Nation |
| Collection Name |
J. H. McGibbeny |
| Language |
eng |
| Description |
Exterior color photograph of several dozen Navajo people assembled outside for a Christmas party in 1946. All wrapped in colorful blankets. Reuben Myer Heflin (1910-1967) was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico. Reuben Heflin and his wife Mildred operated three trading posts, the Shonto Trading Post (Arizona), the Oljato Trading Post (Monument Valley, Utah), and the Kayenta Trading Post ( that served the Navajo during the 1930s to the 1960s. The Navajos from the area referred to Reuben as Bilagaana Tso (Fat Whiteman). The trading post in Monument Valley was sometimes referred to as Heflin's |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Rights |
 |
| Conversion Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m935r8 |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Creator |
McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970 |
| Date |
1946 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah |
| Setname |
uaida_main |
| ID |
387907 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m935r8 |
