Navajo Native Americans
Ben,Sophia,Vaibhav,Ashley
Location
● lived in Arizona,Colorado, Utah,and New
Mexico
● canyons
● Dry lands
● lower,steep areas
● settled near the Colorado river
● dotted with cactuses
● very rocky
● flat areas
● mostly made of rocks and mud
Homes
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Hogans
Ramadas
hogans were cone-shaped
hogans built with mud and bark
ramada is a place to hide or hang
out
● Rainbow People
Clothing
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made from wool
made from buckskin
they wore a lot of dresses
they wore a lot of silver and
turquoise jewelry
● they wore shirts and long
skirts
● they had their hair pulled
back in a bun
Food
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deer
corn
fish
rabbits
spinach
berries
yucca plant
mutton (jerky)
potato
squash
soup
dry tomato
corn meal
cakes
tortillas
seals
meat
fruit
goat
sheep
salman
Roles of man and woman
children took care of lambs
children went to school
sewing
hogans were built by men
women helped men build houses
the navajo men used weapons to fight the
Japanese
● woman sewed clothes
● men hunted
● men and woman took care of children
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Natural Resources
● they used bark for tools
● they used wool for
blankets
● they used bark for medicine
● they used stone,mud,and
bark for hogan's & sand
● fished for salmon and fish
● they useD bark for food
● they used wool for clothes
● They ate berries from trees
● they used silver and
turquoise for jewelry
● bones,flint wood
● they used dirt and clay
Beliefs and customs
● believed harmony ,beauty,and danced
● believed that some things are scary and some
are not
● believe things are good and evil
● believed in myths,legend,and spirits
● kinaalda ceremony(celebrating thirteen year
girls]believe sheep come from nature
● believed in the Wind People
● believed in the Rainbow People
● believed in the Changing Woman
● believed in Spider Woman
● believed in sand paintings
Spirits
>>Navajo Changing Woman
Spider woman- taught
them how to weave >>
Changing WomanName for Mother
Earth
Rainbow People taught them how to grow crops like corn,fruit,and squash
Sand Paintings
sand paintings-taught by wind
people
Sand paintings were paintings that the wind
people made to express their feelings
Other
children took care of sheeps
used codes to battle japanese
they used lots of spaces
called themselves dimes
horse rides for fun
spoke na´dene
thousands of indians died during a March
287,000 Navajo Indians
one of the largest tribes
most navajo indians are farmers or sheep
herders
● 65 million hectares (whatever that
means.)
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