The Navajo people eventually surrendered and were forced to walk 400 miles to Ft. After they were allowed to go back to their homeland, the government gave each family a few sheep. By 1886, they were producing 1 million pounds of wool per year. Spider woman taught the Navajo how to weave. As long as there are sheep to provide wool, the teaching of weaving will go on.
Sheep are like money in the bank.
Navajo families see using sheep for meat as the natural end of the sheep s life. One sheep will last a Navajo family a month. According to legend, many years ago, when the Navajo were raiders, when the Navajo went on the warpath, they used a special warrior language to keep the enemy from understanding them. They used their native tongue to transmit messages from the front lines back to headquarters. Some of the Navajo were drafted, some volunteered.