Adopt A Native Elder Rugs

Adopt a native elder supports traditional elders by facilitating this market for their weavings.

Adopt a native elder rugs.

100 of the proceeds from your rug purchase. Weaving provides the means for elders to sustain and support themselves in their traditional way. The rugs woven in connection with this year s theme weaving the night sky appear on the far wall while the table in the foreground is devoted to hand woven rugs. Our annual rug show as well as online rug sales via our site here provide weavers with additional resources for food shelter and transportation.

Native american elder made rugs are featured on the website and can be purchased on line. Adopt a native elder is a 501 c 3 non profit charitable organization. The mission of the adopt a native elder program is to create a bridge of hope between native americans and other cultures reaching out to one another to mend the broken circle. Adopt a native elder assists more than 500 navajo elders living traditionally in remote areas of the navajo reservation in southern utah and northern arizona.

For many weavers this is their sole means of support. As the leaves begin to fall and the air tinges with the winter chill we wait in anticipation and excitement to view the year s offerings of hand woven navajo rugs craft jewelry traditional baskets and mostly the smiling and welcoming faces of the various dine or navajo families. The adopt a native elder program the mission of the adopt a native elder program is to create a bridge of hope between native americans and other cultures reaching out to one another to mend the broken circle of our relationship with the land and the native americans who hold it in sacred trust. Adopt a native elder a n e is assisted by dine people who serve as coordinators in various parts of the reservation to help us determine the needs of the elders in their own culture and lifestyle.

Yarn assist in purchasing yarns for elders to weave into rugs which are then put into an adopt a native elder program rug catalog. We are not a religious or political organization. For over 25 years the adopt a native elder annual rug show has called park city home. Adopt a native elder s upcoming navajo rug show and sale is a 30 year culmination of showcasing authentic culture and art.

For this year s event weavers will showcase rugs they have woven in the teec nos pos style considered to be one of the most intricately detailed of all navajo rug designs. The event which raises money for navajo elders so they can purchase food and supplies for the winter will run friday through sunday nov. As always when you purchase rugs through adopt a native elder the weaver receives 100 of the proceeds from the sale of the rug.