November 7, 2023

Navajo Weavers

Sisters Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are 5th-generation master Navajo weavers
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Sisters Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are 5th-generation master Navajo weavers born for the To’aheedliinii (Two Waters Flow Together Clan). Both have been weaving since a very young age and are internationally acclaimed for their tapestries. Follow along as they share what the art of weaving means to them and its importance to Navajo culture.

Producer: Özlem Ayşe Özgür
Videographer: Diana Cadena, Özlem Ayşe Özgür, Nate Huffman
Editor: Danny Sax
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