Today there is a resurgence of interest . .
When I was a child, my family attended sacred Navajo ceremonies and dances . . . All around were men, women and children dressed in their finest velvet, satin, or cotton print clothes. There was the glint of silver jewelry accents. And they were always wrapped in Pendleton blankets. Whether woven by a Native American or mass-produced by American woolen mills on a Jacquard loom, the blanket is a constant of Native American life and it is inextricably tied to the tradition of trade in the Southwest.