Post by SpyderLady on Jun 14, 2007 16:21:03 GMT -6
Yucca Shampoo
Text by Kathy Eckles Hooker
Mary Spencer plans to wash her granddaughter Lisa's hair in the Navajo way, using yucca from her land. Mary, her son Bruce, his wife Alice, and Lisa drive into the hills close to Mary's camp to find a fresh yucca. "Old yucca is just no good," Bruce says. "It sure gets rotten. New ones are the best and make good soap, and I'm sure there is one around here." We find a young yucca within moments.
Shovel in hand, Bruce carefully digs up the soft soil around the plant. With one tug, he pulls out the yucca, exposing its muddy root. Holding the plant in place on the ground, he chips the root off with his shovel blade. As Alice and Lisa return the plant to the soil, Bruce shovels dirt around it, explaining, "We always give the yucca back to the land." continued...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/american/navajoland/yucca.html
Text by Kathy Eckles Hooker
Mary Spencer plans to wash her granddaughter Lisa's hair in the Navajo way, using yucca from her land. Mary, her son Bruce, his wife Alice, and Lisa drive into the hills close to Mary's camp to find a fresh yucca. "Old yucca is just no good," Bruce says. "It sure gets rotten. New ones are the best and make good soap, and I'm sure there is one around here." We find a young yucca within moments.
Shovel in hand, Bruce carefully digs up the soft soil around the plant. With one tug, he pulls out the yucca, exposing its muddy root. Holding the plant in place on the ground, he chips the root off with his shovel blade. As Alice and Lisa return the plant to the soil, Bruce shovels dirt around it, explaining, "We always give the yucca back to the land." continued...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/american/navajoland/yucca.html
