Meet Clara Sherman, master Navajo weaver, her weaving daughter and her weaving granddaughters. The Toadlena Trading Post exists today for the primary purpose of inspiring future generations of Navajo weaving excellence. Clara and her family are the living proof that the weaving tradition is still alive.

Clara won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts in August, 2004 and she won a New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2006. Congratulations for a lifetime of masterful weaving!

While the art of weaving may be diminishing in the Navajo Nation as a whole, the increasing number of larger, finer work coming into the Toadlena Trading Post every week demonstrates that when the lady weaving the rugs can support herself with her craft, the craft blossoms.

Toadlena Trading Post operates in the same way trading posts have since the 1870's - directly with the weaver and her family. You are offered the unique opportunity to acquire a textile of timeless beauty, acknowledged excellence and lasting value.

The Navajo weaver is following the "Path of Beauty" with a skill passed down from Spider Woman. We invite you to visit the Toadlena Trading Post in New Mexico or follow the progress of the weavers on our web site.

Sincerely yours,

The Toadlena Trading Post