#Navajo-Churro Sheep

[enbycrip]

I’ve just learned of a whole new act of genocide against the Navajo people during the Great Depression from this book I’m reading, “A Short History of the World According To Sheep”.

Around half a century after the majority of the Navajo had originally been forced off their land, with millions dying in a forced trek known as “the Long Walk”, and then *finally* allowed to return, the US Government basically declared “they were keeping too many sheep on their land” (which they were *not*; the Navajo bred a stunning variant of the churro sheep breed despite mass slaughter of their animals at the time of the original 19th century genocidal acts, and their husbandry of the land and their animals was reportedly superb, despite it being pretty arid even then) and, despite ongoing legal challenges, enacted a mass slaughter of these churro herds that had been revived with such love, not to mention 10,000 horses.

This destroyed the economy in the area, left the people on the brink of starvation, and broke the hearts of the Navajo.

The Navajo churro breed of sheep was on the edge of extinction until the 1970s. There are apparently still giant heaps of sheep and horse bones lying in ravines where these poor creatures were slaughtered by federal agents. The Navajo still sing mourning songs about it and all the human deaths that followed.

I’ve never even heard of this before. Not even a whisper of it.

The pointless brutality of doing that during a global economic disaster seems cartoonishly evil. And yet, of course, we know that the cruelty was the *point*.

There have been so many acts of genocide against indigenous Americans that something like this as recently as the 1920s can literally disappear. And now, of course, they are threatened just as fatally, if less directly, by climate change threatening to make the Navajo lands uninhabitable.

I cant help drawing comparisons with the IDF burning Palestinian olive groves. Wanton, pointless destruction of the living beings a culture reveres, nurtures, husbands and depends on is not one of the better-known acts of genocide, but it is both materially and spiritually a very real one.

#indigenous people #indigenous rights #navajo #navajo people #cw mass animal death #navajo churro sheep #sheep #cw genocide #palestine #palestinian olive trees #modern history #indigenous american history

[animalsandanimals]

Navajo-Churro sheep

“Navajo-Churro sheep are one of the few breeds that have genetics allowing them to have anywhere between 2 and 6 horns.”

goldengrovefarm.com

#navajo churro sheep #sheep #golden grove farm

[pleistocene-pride]

The Navajo-Churro, also known as the Churro, American, or Navajo Four-Horned is a breed of domestic sheep originating with the Spanish Churra sheep obtained by the Diné Navajo tribe around the 16th century AD. Over the following centuries the Navajo bred the sheep to adapt to a pastoral lifestyle in the harsh deserts and badlands of the american south west. Creating a hearty and disease resistant breed which is well known for its fine wool and lean but delicious meat. The churro became a vital part of Navajo subsistence and culture. When the US military forced the entire Navajo nation to march to a reservation in 1864, they also culled the vast majority of the nation’s livestock including thousands upon thousands of churro sheep. A few herd managed to survive either by being taken with the tribe or fled to remote canyons where they became feral. As part of the Treaty of Bosque Redondo in 1868, the Navajo where allowed to return to there homeland, in addition they were given large quantities of livestock to replace what was slaughtered, which included many western varieties of sheep. Unfortunately these interbreed with the few remaining churro populations and overall contaminated the line. Then in the 1930s the the US government implemented the Navajo Livestock Reduction act in which they again slaughtered a large amount of the Navajo Nation’s livestock, including tens of thousands of sheep. It is estimated at this point only 450 navajo churro sheep remained. In the 1970s The Navajo Sheep Project was launched in an effort to preserve the breed and revitalize Navajo and Hispanic sheep farming. This was somewhat successful and today over 8,000 Navajo Churro Sheep exist. With females reaching around 90 to 130lbs (40 to 60kgs) and males reaching roughly 120 to 185lbs (55 to 85kgs) in weight, the Navajo churro is a smaller sheep with long, thin tails, horizontal ears, narrow bodies, long legs, and a double coat. Most rams have horns, either two or four, but may occasionally have none. Additionally while ewes typically lack horns, females with horns are not uncommon. Churros come in a variety of colors, including reds, browns, black, white, and mixes, and color may change with age, and may have come in color patterns, such as eye patches and hip spots. Mothers typically give birth to twins and under ideal conditions a Navajo Churro may live upwards of 15 years.

#pleistocene pride #pleistocene #pliestocene pride #pliestocene #cenozoic #ice age #stone age #sheep #mammal #navajo #native american #navajo churro #navajo churro sheep #churro

[bolt-x0]

Navajo-Churro more like Nava-rose Churro haha get it because he is re d

#art #sheep #sheep drawing #animal drawing #animal art #navajo-churro #artwork #art project #artist

[whosectype]

Peep is a jacob sheep right? Just curious since I recently saw some and her horns look just like that of a jacob sheep

peep is a mix between two different sheep!

Her father is a Navajo-churro sheep

And her mom is a Black Katahdin Sheep!

well I should say that they are based off of these two breeds. In reality if there was an offspring between these two sheep the sheep would probably be black, because dark colors tend to be the dominant allele over the the lighter unless the black sheep is heterozygous, then there’s a small chance that peep would inherit a ressesive lighter color allele from her mom. And also peep shows codominance in her fur color (being white and brown) and that adds another layer of genetic tomfoolery that makes it even less likely that she would look the way she does. ALSO the more than 2 horns trait is caused by a mutation, and is recessive and sex linked, and I don’t know how that would work if peeps mom gave peep the X chromosome that coded for horns (if it was even in her genotype) what would happen there.

so peep is a genetic anomaly, but she also stands on two legs and is in college and can speak so what does it really matter SKJASAGD

ok once again this is a much longer answer than you probably wanted, sorry abt that askjdsfkjfds she was almost going to be a Jacob sheep but I wanted her fur to look like a toasted marshmallow then I found the churro sheep

#Ask #genetics are so cool man #Cddwtd peep #the goop speaks #Can you tell I go to a stem highschool #I love genetics sm

[justaboutsnapped]

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Last google: navajo-churro sheep (for lib class lol)

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[sheepgirlmaidtummy]

what are your favorite sheep breeds?

oh!! i love them all honestly but any sheep with horns win in my book hdbxjdj i especially love rambouillet, jacobs, black nose, and navajo churro sheep! i took care of some back when i did volunteering

#🌹🐏 sheep🐏🌹 #peach.post #as far as what kind of sheep *i* am.. jacobs and rambouillet prolly

[yankyouryarn]

Make sure you block your calendar for May 20-21 to visit Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood, New Mexico!

Always lots of Vendors selling everything from raw wool, roving and yarn (natural colors to dyed and hand painted) to finished fiber products-crocheted, knitted, woven and felted, hand crafted fiber tools and loom, dinosaur art, tin spanish art, goat milk soap, Amigurumi, knitting and crochet needles, handmade jewelry, resin keychains, acrylic and oil paintings, coffee mugs, tumblers, glass cutting boards, natural weavings, and lots more-all made by skilled artisans! You’ll have a chance to see live animals on both days-alpacas, llamas, debouillet sheep, F1 Valais Blacknose sheep (OMG THESE GUYS ARE SO CUTE I COULD PLOTZ), Shetland Sheep, Rambouillet sheep, NAVAJO CHURRO SHEEP, Cashgora goats and more!

Come join us May 20th & 21st

10:00-5:00 on Saturday

10:00-4:00 on Sunday

https://heartofnmfiberandartgathering.com

#knitters of tumblr #crocheters of tumblr #crochet #knitting #stitch markers #yarn #stitch marker #tools for knitting #hand knitting #fiber festivals #fiber art #omg the valais sheep are so cute i could die #black sheep #lanolin the sheep #hand dyed yarn #hand spun yarn #yarnblr

[rederiswrites]

Heyo, a friend linked me your post asking for sheep suggestions. I work pretty much excullusively with wool breeds so I don't have a lot of feedback if you want to stay with haired breeds, but if you're just wanting interesting sheep suggestions, allow me to pitch Navajo-Churro sheep!

Uhhhhh I love them!

A little about them:

Navajo-Churro were developed from the Iberian Churra - the first sheep brought to the Americas by the Conquistadors. These Spanish sheep were traded with the Dine’ (Navajo people) who appreciated the sheep for their meat, milk and wool. The famous Navajo textiles are woven from Navajo-Churro wool. And Navajo-Churro fleece is admired for its luster, durability and amazing variety of natural colors.

The Dine’ live in the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah and the Navajo-Churro evolved in this arid and unique landscape. Persecution by the US Government decimated their herds several times over the centuries and very few Navajo-Churro sheep survived. Dine’ shepherds cherished their "old style" sheep and were responsible for saving the Navajo-Churro breed from extinction. But by 1977, the sheep had dwindled to less than 500 head so Dr. Lyle McNeal formed the Navajo Sheep Project to revitalize this breed and keep it from further depletion. [source]

Their horns are amazing.

Soay are actually a wool breed, but they roo, so not really a commercial wool product. These are amazing but sadly probably not very suited to the lush, relatively wet midatlantic. Thank you so much for sharing them with me!!

#sheep

[breadandthread]

New ep!

Our new episode is a return to heritage sheep breeds. We cover the soay, american tunis, badger faced welsh mountain (torddu and torwen), and Navajo-churro

[namesetc]

Lamb Names Part 2

based on types of sheep

adal

aci

acipa / acipay

acipayam

alpine

atley / atlay

ancon

aussie

aussiedown

arcott

arles

ardi

ardia

blue

bou

bouill

bouillet

braun / braune

brian

brianzo

brianzola

barbary

churro

cam

cameron

cameroon

castle

charmoise

charoll

charollais

chevoit

chios

churra

cikta

cine

capari

clun

columbia

comi

comisan

comisana

cool

coola

coolalee

cormo

corrie

corriedale

coast

croix

dale

dala

debo / debou

debouil

debouillet

derby

din

dorper

dorset

down

deut

devon

drenth

drys

dean

delaine

east

edilbay

elliot / elliott

folk

fory

forystufe

fabrian

faroe

finn

flander

fugle

fell

grit

galic

galicia

galician

galway

grey

gulf

hamp

hampshire

hebri

hebridean

herdwick

herik

hill

iceland

icelandic

ice

jo

jacob

katahdin

kata / katah

karakul

karayaka

kara

kul

kem

kempen

kerry

kivircik

kivi

kivir

kashmir

lincoln

lei

leicester

lacaune

latxa

leccese

leine

llan

lleyn

lonk

merino

milk

moorit

massese

mitchelle

maritza

nava

navajo

noire

north

olde

oxford

ovis

pen

panama

polypay

pitt

portland

port

poll

rambo / rambou

red

racka

rideau

rhoen

romanov

rom

romney

roslag

rouge

rosa

rya

rye

ryeland

suffolk

shire

southdown

south

stein

steinschaf

sakiz

scott

serai / serrai

shet / shett

shetland

sici

sicilia

soay

swifter

sane

texel

tautra

valais

vala

valas

velay

vendeen

wensley

white

wilt

wilti

wiltipoll

wiltshire

xalda

xaxi

yak

yaka

yellow

yemen

zackel

zaian

zel

zelazna

zela

zemour / zemmour

zeta

zoulay

source

#sheep breeds #lamb names #names for lambs #names of lambs #name lists #name suggestions #read dni #name ideas #name blog #read my dni #name request #name inspiration #baby names #gender neutral names #name #names list #name list #read byf #read my pinned post

[enchanted-arms]

do you know about jacobs sheep?? apologies if someone/me hasasked you this already

YEAH!!! Jacob's sheep are considered a polycerate (many horn) since hey they do have 4-6 horns but that's actually not unique to them! They're honestly pretty interesting, less for the horns and more because they're honestly enigmatic?

Like, they just showed up in Britain one day and have been kept for centuries and due to the lack of records, it's hard to tell who they were bred from or how exactly they became piebald esp since piebald pattern in sheep is a double recessive (one for black wool and the other for the pattern) + horn genetics is a bit wonky as in order of dominance it goes: polled (no horn)>4 horn>2 horn

Definitely a good example of ornamental sheep as they can be outclassed by other breeds in terms of production; the piebald pattern being a wool quality detriment as the black wool occasionally grows different than the white wool

Personally, the manx loaghtan looks a bit cooler and the navajo-churro sound cooler (both polycerates)

Anyways

6 horned jacob since they don't get too much love

#hot off the press #im also pretty sure they can have an odd amount of horns? but I can't find good pics #there's historic drawings but nothing too high quality #on a side note same thing with icelandic sheep #pretty sure a research paper cited wikipedia for their list of polycerates but I just can't find a pic of- #-icelandic sheep with more than 2 horns? hence why I think the research paper cited wikipedia 💀

[cyrusstarchaser]

I think a lot of people irl and on twitter assume I am a run of the mill media obssessed autist, with a focus on toku and ffxiv. And that's not wrong per se I can and WILL relate everything to Kamen Rider

but they only think that because farming doesn't come up very often, so I never have a chance to explain my dream chicken coop/rabbit hutch, nor point out the pros and cons of guardian geese - which really is a loss on their part. Who doesn't want to hear about navajo-churros and why they are the most awesomest of sheep??? DO YOU PEOPLE NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CAMEL MILK AND HOW HEALTHY IT IS??? YOU CAN SPIN WOOL RIGHT OFF ANGORA RABBITS! JUST RIGHT OFF THEM GUYS!

#I WANT CHICKENS SO BAD FUCK YOU HOA #I WANT MY BROWN AND BLACK AND WHITE ALPACAS THAT I'LL NAME MOCHA COFFEE AND CREME!!! #WHEN WILL I HAVE MY OWN WITTLE JERSY COW?? #I WANT MY BEEKEEPERS LINCESE I'VE EARNED IT GDI #FARMING!!!!!!! #also I lose my mind when I read ''carding his fingers thruogh his hair'' cause like #I KNOW THAT!! I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW TO DO IT #very important step in the wool process

[harrywelsh]

ok i love that there's navajo-churro sheep in andor

#close to the feeling i had about the fisherman sweater in the mandalorian. piecing together the intergalactic textile industry...

[smallsunnygarden]

Hand spinning yarn from Navajo Churro sheep's wool

#yarn #handspun #handcrafted #slowlife

[rebelbrat]

STAT RANKINGS.

(stolen from @lambfated)

BODY

height  ★★★★☆ (he’s massive but I’m taking 1 star off because he’s short by Galra standards)

strength ★★★★★  

dexterity ★★★★★ 

health  ★★★☆☆   (physically he’s in his prime, but I’m taking two stars off because his mental health is terrible)

energy: ★★★★★  

beauty ★★★★☆ (would be a 5 and even higher but i’m taking off one for his personality LMFAO)

style ★★★★★   

hygiene ★★★★★  (he’s a cat, what else do you expect?)

SKILLS

perception ★★★★★    

communication ★★★☆☆ (great at communicating when he wants to be, but very often chooses to be awful instead)

persuasion ★★★★★  

mediation   ★☆☆☆☆

literacy ★★★★★ (he can speak over 50 languages, what’s good?)

creativity ★★★★★  

cooking    ★★★★★   

tech savvy    ★★★★★    

combat ★★★★★++   (DON’T EVEN TRY IT.)

survival  ★★★★★  

stealth ★★★★★ 

street smarts    ★★★★★

seduction  ☆☆☆☆☆ (but only because he thinks he’s too ugly to seduce anyone)

luck   ★★★★☆ (pretty good I’d say, since he has so many gifts and privileges, but life has put him through the wringer

handling animals ★★★★☆   (his family has a herd of Navajo-churro sheep and he’s GREAT with cats)

pacifying children  ★★★★★ (he’s gotten really good at it after taking care of several abandoned Galra kits over the years.)

MIND

intelligence ★★★★★+++++ (there are not enough stars or plus signs in the world to represent his intelligence)

happiness     ★★☆☆☆      (he has every reason in life to be happy but he’s constantly tormented by mental illness which skews his perception)

spirituality ★★★★★   (doesn’t even lose points for constantly wanting to fight God because in Judaism wrestling with God is part of the process.)

confidence:   ★★★☆☆ (five stars and several plus signs’ worth of confidence in his intellectual ability, but not for his looks)

humor     ★★★★☆   (he could be a professional comedian but he gets minus one star for the fact that sometimes he uses his humor to hurt others)

anxiety   ★★★★★ (have you SEEN him angst about his looks?)  

patience   ★★★★☆  (not as much as canon lotor but for someone with such a big mouth as him he is strikingly willing to play the long game)

passion ★★★★★ 

nice ☆☆★☆☆ mean  (capable of great kindness, but also has a serious nasty streak)

brave     ★☆☆☆☆ cowardly (he’s the hero who saved the universe, what do you expect LOL)

pacifist ☆☆★☆☆ violent 

thoughtful    ☆☆★☆☆ impulsive (usually thinks before acting, but if you hit one of his hot button issues he goes on the offensive immediately)

agreeable ☆☆☆☆★ contrary (have you SEEN him argue with God????)

idealistic    ☆☆★☆☆      pragmatic

frugal    ☆☆☆☆★   big spender (not a big spender on physical material things nor particularly materialistic about them, but he’s spent millions buying premium currency and doing RMT--real money trade--on virtual pet website games, i shit you not)

extrovert     ☆★☆☆☆ introvert 

collected ☆☆☆★☆   wild 

SOCIAL

charisma ★★★★★ (he’s got trillions if not quadrillions of fangirls. that’s all that needs be said)

empathy  ★★★☆☆     

generosity   ★★★★★   

wealth      ★★★★★ 

honest   ★★★★★     (this is with friends, he has NEGATIVE stars for honesty when facing enemies) 

leader    ★★★★★ 

polite  ☆☆☆★☆ rude (usually only selectively rude but the amount of sass he spills out in these moments moves the star past the center)

political   ★★★★★+++++ (the man lives and breathes politics, breaks friendships based on politics, makes major life decisions around politics…)

BELIEFS

higher power      ★★★★★ (he fucking TALKS to higher powers)

fate/destiny   ☆☆☆☆☆  (nope! free will, baby!)

magic     ★★★★★  (he’s been witchy ever since before he could walk)

soulmates       ★★★☆☆   (loves the idea of it, but it pains him terribly because he thinks he will never deserve one)

good and evil      ★★★★★  

luck     ★★★★★ 

PRIORITIES

family      ★★★★★+++++ (except for his dad, negative 943253945 stars for his dad)   

friends     ★★★★★+++++  

love   ★★★☆☆ (more like he wants it to be 5 stars but he’s so consumed by the idea he’ll never find love that it’s actually a lower priority in practice

home   ★★★★★ (he would just like the drama in his home life to die down. please.)

health    ★☆☆☆☆     (the person i cut and pasted this from said “work until you die, and then just do it again!” and yeah that’s him)

praise        ★★★★★++++  (FEED HIS EGO)

justice     ★★★★★++++++ 

truth   ★★★★★  (he may lie to his enemies constantly but it’s always in pursuit of the truth of goodness)

power     ★★★☆☆

fame      ★★★★★

wealth      ☆☆☆☆☆   (he already knows what he needs to do to make boatloads of cash so he doesn’t really think about it or put too much emphasis on it)

others’ opinions   ★★★☆☆ (ordinarily this would be zero stars but he gets 1 star for having to give a shit about others’ opinions when negotiating with them and 2 stars for how much he cares whether people think he’s ugly)

#the calm and the chaos. || HEADCANON