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Show THE COMING OF THE SPANIARDS 77 As Pueblo refugees settled among the Navajos, many Pueblo ways and arts, such as weaving, became a more and more important part of Navajo life. By the eighteenth century, the Navajos were known as weavers of fine blankets. This photograph shows two Navajo women spinning wool in the camp of Charlie the Weaver in 1893. A fames Mooney photograph, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Archives. restoring friendship. The Navajos were among those who made friends with the Pueblos along their frontiers. The Indians held their freedom for twelve years. Without Spaniards to stop them, Navajos and Pueblos met freely. Many Pueblos left their towns and began new lives with the Navajos. Fearing a sudden return of the Spaniards, they chose to live side by side with people whose power and remoteness could protect them. Taking on a new lifestyle, they at the same time added to the culture of their hosts by sharing much of their own knowledge. Changes in Navajo life had been taking place for many years. Navajos already wove woolen cloth, raised many different crops, had a religion like that of the Pueblos in some ways, and may have herded livestock. All of these practices were strengthened by the coming of the Pueblos. |
