Navajo dress

Navajo traditional dress has nothing to do with feathers, buckskin or fringes, in fact it has nothing to do with what we may imagine to be Indian. It seems to include a lot of velvet and one can guess it developed late in the 19^th century, after the tribe settled in the reservation. Similarly, Navajo traditional dance has nothing to do with what one can see at powwows. The Navajo dance in pairs and in a circle. One can see it at Navajo Fair that takes place every year at Window Rock, the capital of their reservation. Navajo Traditional Dance is one of the events at the week-long fair. This is where these pictures were taken in summer 2013.