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Oughton, Jerrie
THE MAGIC WEAVER OF RUGS : A TALE OF THE NAVAJO
New York : Houghton, 1994
IL K-3 RL 4.9
ISBN 0395661404
Two Navajo women go in search for help when their village is facing hunger and cold. Spider Woman helps them by teaching them to weave on a loom she constructs from large trees. The women weave a rug from all the colors of the world . Because of their doubts, the rug is not perfect. Spider Woman gets angry when she sees the rug and sends the women back to their village without the rug. However, the women have learned to weave and teach others in the village to weave rugs to keep the tribe warm. They trade rugs for food and save the village.
SUBJECTS:     Navajo Indians -- Folklore
                        Indians of North America -- Folklore
                        Weaving -- Folklore

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