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Although the Navajo Nation is presently in the American states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is 27,000 sq miles. Anthropologists and archeologists have traced their origins back to the northwesten part of North America (largely in Alaska, the Yukon, and the NWT) and a tribe of Athapaskan tribes known as the Dene or Dene-ta. In fact the Navajo refer to themselves as Diné. It is thought they entered the Southwest and took up the cultural habits that make them distinctly Navajo ( corn growing, hogan living, Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé and hózhǫ́ based religion led by hataałii, four sacred mountains) around 900-1100 CE
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∙ 15y agoArchaelogists and historians disagree about the exact date that the ancestors of the Navajo people entered what is now the United States from what is now Canada. The Navajo were sometimes called the Diné people. There is still a tribe called the Dene around the Great Slave Lake in Canada. Reportedly, these Canadian cousins of the Navajo can still somewhat understand the Navajo language used in the American Southwest.
What is generally agreed upon is that they arrived in the present-day Southwestern United States around 1000 AD and that they experienced massive population growth during the 1200's AD.
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∙ 10y agoIt is thought that the first people that could be recognized as Navajo arose in the Upper San Juan river basin in what in now New Mexico and Colorado when Apachean speaking people came in contact with Pueblo peoples around 900-1100 CE. Before that, it is thought that people speaking Athabascan languages slowly moved south from Canada and Alaska where most the rest other the Athabascan languages are still today. It is thought they slowly moved south along the Rocky Mountains. Before that the theory says that Athabascan speakers came from North Asian in the second of three movements from Asia. One theory has the Na-Dene languages related to the Yeniseian languages on the Yenisei River which flows out of Lake Baikal. Those people may have come from the Amur River area before that.
The Navajo say that they were created by Changing Woman in Dine' Tah ( the same upper San Juan river area) at about the same time, 900-1100 CE. They say people emerged from three or four previous worlds, each one more complete, and came into this one in a lake in southern Colorado or where two rivers meet in the New Mexico San Juan area.
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∙ 13y agothey live in the four corner states
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What is the proper adjective for Navajo?
The proper adjective form for Navajo is Navajo, as in Navajo Nation, Navajo people, Navajo history, Navajo art, etc. An example sentence: We visited the Navajo display at the museum to see the Navajo jewelry.
What are some Navajo words we have adopted into the English language?
Hogan is the only word I know of that is from Navajo and now used in English. It is a traditional Navajo home. In Navajo it is: hooghanThere are quite a few place names in New Mexico and Arizona that come from Navajo.
Why does that land make the Navajo one of the wealthiest tribes in America?
The lands held by the Navajo are rich in mineral deposits; Uranium, Silver, etc.
Where did woolen Navajo blankets first come from?
In the Columbian Exchange, woolen Navajo blankets were brought to the Americas from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What state did the Navajo originally live in?
The Navajo Indians arrived in the Four Corners Region of the southwestern US in about 1,000 AD. They came from the Far North/Subarctic areas of North America, from eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Where were the Navajo Reservation?
America, in nevada.
Do the Navajo live in North America?
Yes.
How do you say come in Navajo?
Haa'goh
What is the proper adjective for Navajo?
The proper adjective form for Navajo is Navajo, as in Navajo Nation, Navajo people, Navajo history, Navajo art, etc. An example sentence: We visited the Navajo display at the museum to see the Navajo jewelry.
What is the literal meaning of the Navajo word?
Navajo language is very complex, and the meaning of individual words can vary depending on context. It is a language spoken by the Navajo people in the southwestern United States. Each Navajo word can carry multiple layers of meaning, often tied to the culture and beliefs of the Navajo people.
Code talkers usedthis language during world war 2?
The Navajo and 11 Hopi soldiers used the the easiest of the Navajo language, to help America defeat the Japanese.
What are some Navajo words we have adopted into the English language?
Hogan is the only word I know of that is from Navajo and now used in English. It is a traditional Navajo home. In Navajo it is: hooghanThere are quite a few place names in New Mexico and Arizona that come from Navajo.
Why does that land make the Navajo one of the wealthiest tribes in America?
The lands held by the Navajo are rich in mineral deposits; Uranium, Silver, etc.
Where did woolen Navajo blankets first come from?
In the Columbian Exchange, woolen Navajo blankets were brought to the Americas from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What is the largest Indian reservation in America?
The Navajo reservation in the American southwest is the largest.
Where did the Navajo Indians live in north America?
in arizona,colorado,new mexico,and utah
How many Navajo have been injured in Iraq?
As of 2013, 13 Navajo have been killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Injury numbers are hard to come by.
