Herding sheep across the desert flats toward the Chuska Mountains.
Sheep in the Chuska Mountains.
Blessing a herd of sheep with sacred herbs before they are led into the mountains.
A Navajo cowboy and his dog, in the meadows of the Chuska Mountains.
Ymelda Coriz, a Navajo girl, spends time with a Navajo Churro sheep before it is butchered.
Skinning a sheep.
A perfect example of a Navajo Churro ewe: long haired body with "clean" legs and face.
A Navajo herd with Shiprock in the background.
A horse totem, kept in a bag of corn pollen.
A rug being woven by a Navajo sheep herder from the Toadlena area.
Shearing a Navajo Churro sheep.
Making fry bread in a cabin in the Chuska Mountains.
Looking out over the Chuska Mountains.
Roping a ram that's ready to be sheared.
Herbs gathered to bless sheep before they move up into the mountains for the summer.
Lee Cohoe, a Navajo sheep herder in a cabin in the Chuska Mountains.
Ron Garnanez spins wool from his Navajo Churro sheep on a hand spindle.
Herding sheep toward the Chuska Mountains, where they will spend the summer.
Butchering a goat at a sheep camp at the base of the Chuska and Carrizo Mountains.
Louise Tso cleans sheep intestines.
A sheep herder's cabin in the Chuska Mountains.
A rug woven by a Navajo sheep herder.
A Navajo sheep herder with one of his Navajo Churro sheep.
A corral in the Chuska Mountains.
A lamb approaches a bowl of ceremonial herbs.
