Department of Linguistics
University of New Mexico
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 550
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1196
(505)277-7414
rwillink@unm.edu
Textiles - investigating old and recent collections in the Museum
of Indiam Arts and the Anthropology lab. After looking at the rugs
with Dr. Paul Zolbrod and other interested guests or colleagues, we
take plaroid photos and show them to elderly weavers or have the
elderly weavers look at the rugs themselves. They tell us in Navajo
what they see in the designs, the color combinations, and other iems
put in the rugs such as feathers, animal parts, and plant parts.
Through this process we have learned that the rugs were used more for
religious ceremionials than for rugs, blankets, or saddle blankets.
These rugs could also be used to gather historical information.
Elementary
Navajo II
Intermediate
Navajo/Diné
Creative
Writing and Advanced Reading
Elementary Navajo
I
Written Navajo
Intermediate Navajo
I
Elementary Navajo
II
Intermediate
Navajo/Diné
Winter Tales "Kéyah Woozbá, how the land was
won"
Winter 1973 teacher training workshop, Diné Bi'ólta'
Association
Ganado, Arizona 86505
Window Rock, Arizona 86515
Diné Shoe Game Songs - (recording) tape
Winter 1973 teacher training workshop
Diné Bi'ólat' Association
Ganado, Arizona 86505
Window Rock, Arizona 86515
Upcoming:
Listen to the Rugs: the Poetics of Navago Weaving
Museum of New Mexico Press
July 1996
by Paul Zolbrod, Roseann Willink, and Bruce Barntsein
Zolbrod, Paul. "Secrets of the Rugs" shared memory merges with
private past. El Palacio, the Museum of New Mexico magazine, Vol.
100, No. 3 (Summer 1995), P.22.
Papers on Navajo Linguistics, "A Look at Conjunct Movement," Summer
1973
Paul R. Platero, ed. Diné Bi'olt'a Associoation, Ganado,
Arizona 86505
Native "American Materials Development Center
Kindergarten kit - Navajo Star Lore
Translations for various research profects, legal or public
announcements
WIPP - westinghouse, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Human Rights Office, City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Navajo Water Resource Department, Window Rock, Ariyoro
Cancer Research - Harvard University