Hayley Sanchez/CPR News Leonard Brown stands with the Navajo rug he’s trying to sell in his Pueblo home in July, 2018. The rug has “whirling logs” on it, a sacred Navajo symbol.

They’re sacred Navajo emblems that pre-date World War II known as the “whirling log,” ‘’falling log,” or “swirling log.” It looks like a cross with shorter 90-degree notches at the ...

They’re sacred Navajo emblems that predate World War II known as the “whirling log,” “falling log,” or “swirling log.” It looks like a cross with shorter, 90-degree-notches at the ...

PARIS -- The Native American Navajo tribe won its bid Monday to buy back seven sacred masks at a contested auction of tribal artifacts in Paris that netted more than a million dollars.