Sweethearts of Navajoland

Members of the Navajo song group, Sweethearts of Navajoland

If any group held up the act of Indigenous ADORNMENT it is the Dine' group called the Sweethearts of Navajoland. They are a group of Navajo women who write their own songs, perform live with a traditional Navajo water drum.

They are truly 'sweethearts' as they always match their Navajo clothing attire when performing to the public. They are truly amazing women, matriarchs to the Dine' nation who hold them in a special place.

Together these women show the true essence of what Navajo female ADORNMENT is. Their outfits (pictured above) are comprised of velveteen long sleeved blouse with collar and a three-tiered gathered skirt. The collars of their shirts are ADORNED with silver and turquoise collar jewelry and they wear woven sash belts with silver concho belts atop them. They wear Navajo style mocassins and deer hide wraps around their calves, the term for such footwear is called, ke'nit'saa.

I love this photograph for it shows the modern world what the Navajo women looks like ADORNED in traditional 20th-21st century Indigenous attire. Nizhon. Nizhon.