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<h2>Learning about Dr. Alvord’s Heritage</h2>
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<p><strong>Navajo blanket</strong><br />
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Navajo blanket designs incorporate many patterns and have become increasingly
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vibrant as newer, cheaper dyes have been developed. Making a three by five
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foot rug—shearing the sheep, spinning the wool, dying the yarn, weaving
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the textile—takes at least three hundred hours to complete. These blankets
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are sold around the world as valuable works of art.</p>
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<p><strong>Corn pollen pouch</strong><br />
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In Navajo tradition, corn pollen is collected by dusting it off the corn tassel
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for use in prayers and healing. In Dr. Alvord’s description of the
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ninth and final evening of the Night Chant healing ceremony, a young patient
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sprinkles corn pollen on groups of dancers.</p>
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<p><strong>Navajo sandpainting</strong><br />
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Navajo sandpaintings are used in healing or blessing ceremonies. They can be
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made with crushed stone, crushed flowers, gypsum, pollen, sand, and dyes.
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After the experience, the paintings are respectfully destroyed. Permanent
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sandpaintings are an art form, and do not feature the sacred imagery used
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in ceremonially.</p>
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<p><strong>Bear pendant</strong><br />
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The Organization of Student Representatives, a student branch of the Association
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of American Medical Colleges, presented this pendant to Dr. Alvord as a gift
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after she delivered a lecture.</p>
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