“Patterns of Exchange: Weavers and Traders,” a book by UNM-Gallup anthropology professor Teresa Wilkins on the historical interactions between Navajo weavers and traders, has received the 2008 New Mexico Book Award for best non-fiction multicultural subject.
Photo: Patterns of Exchange: Weavers and Traders
The book was released by the University of Oklahoma Press in May. Wilkins has given talks and participated in book signings at a number of locations since the release of the book, including the Wheelwright Museum of Santa Fe, the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial.
Her book is available at several locations, including Gallup’s Shush Yaz Trading Company and the UNM-Gallup bookstore; Barnes and Noble, Bookworks and Borders in Albuquerque; and the Wheelwright in Santa Fe.
Wilkins, who has a degree in art marketing and production from Appalachian State University, obtained her Master’s as well as her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. She has been with UNM-Gallup since 1997. Her next project is set to be on Navajo weavers and traders and the Shiprock Fair in the early 1900s.
For more information on the awards, visit NM Book Award.
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