Turquoise Mountain

Mount Taylor, New Mexico
Photo credit http://vistarezdoc.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/which-clan-are-you-from/

Tsoodzil is what the Navajo know Mount Taylor as. This peak is located near Grants, NM measures at 11,301 elevation and is nestled to the north of the Acoma/Laguna Pueblo.

Tsoodzil is the turquoise mountain to the Navajo, it holds much important significance for the People. Most of what the blue hue concerns originated and lives at this sacred place including the blue bird and blue swallow.

The mountain is sacred to the Navajo, it is often visited and viewed as a major part of the Dine' epistemology.

This place has been under major issues due to corporate global entities who want to begin Uranium mining in the area.

Díí dzíł t’óónizhoni’ah.

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1920s Navajo made bracelet

This example of a Navajo-made silver and turquoise bracelet is an beautiful display of true southwest Indigenous asthetic.
I really like this bracelet for its simple, yet very complex design. Amazing!