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The Navajo use corn pollen, and sometimes cornmeal, to pray and bless things and people and in ceremonies. You are probably referring to a hogan blessing ceremony, called hooghan da ashdlisigil in Navajo. Cornmeal stands for life and success along the road. Without a ceremony the hogan will be lonely and attract evil spirits and therefore be dangerous.
The main beams of a hooghan are anointed with cornmeal during the blessing of a new hooghan , moving clockwise in the cardinal directions. The owner uses white cornmeal to on the main beams or may hire a hataałii for the ceremony. For a bigger public building the ceremony can be much more elaborate and take longer. The hooghan may be blessed again if the family has been away for a long time and then wishes to move in again. The hooghan is sprinkled with cornmeal again if a prayer Blessingway, or major ceremony is to take place there. If the hooghan being sung over is male (forked stick, pointed top), white corn meal is used, yellow cornmeal if it is a female hooghan (round with rounded top).
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∙ 12y agoThe Navajo and Apache tribal groups of the American Southwest speak dialects of the language family referred to as Athapaskan. Linguistic similarities indicate the Navajo and Apache were once a single ethnic group, with substantial numbers not present in the American Southwest until the early 1500s. The Hopi live near the Navajo, but are a totally unrelated people.
Although the Hopi were and still are a peaceful people, they were fierce fighters when invaders tried to steal from them. Theft attempts happened regularly, since the Hopi were hardworking, frugal, and resourceful, and they consequently amassed great wealth which attracted envy and thieves.
The Hopi were hunters and agriculturalists. Corn was of critical importance to the Hopi, just as it was for the other southwest peoples. In an area where food was often scarce, corn provided a relatively stable food supply with important nutritional value. United States Congress released the Navajo under the condition that they be confined to a small area so the Navajo became crop and animal stealers from the Hopi who lived in the area.
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∙ 10y agoNavajo grew corn for food. They made (and make today) cornmeal mush and different kinds of cakes and breads. They also use corn pollen for traditional prayers. Cornmeal and pollen is used in the ceremonial dry paintings (called sand paintings) for healing and blessing. Corn is very important in many traditional stories.
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∙ 9y agoFor their food:kneel-down bread, blue corn mush, dried steamed corn and roasted corn, and a large ceremonial corn cake that is cooked underground in a circular pit lined with corn husks.
Corn pollen for prayer, ceremonies and sandpaintings, corn and corn meal for ceremonies and ritual, husks for dolls.
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What kind of food did the Navajo eat?
Originally hunter/gatherers, the Navaho people of the American Southwest learned agriculture from the Pueblo Indians. Of all they grew, Corn was the most important crop. They still use it to make something called "kneeldown bread", Navajo cake, and Navajo pancakes. They used blue corn to make blue dumplings, blue corn mush and blue bread. They served whole corn in a variety of ways including steamed corn, and roasted corn. In addition, they learned to raise sheep and goats from the Spanish explorers. And these are livestock which continue to provide the majority of protein in their diet.
What tools did the Indians at de tolosa use to harvest the wheat corn and pepper trees?
what tools did the Indians at mission de Tolosa use to harvest the wheat corn and pepper trees
What crops did Navajo Indians grow?
corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers, as well as cotton and tobacco.
Were the Navajo friendly or violent?
The Navajo indians were friendly up until you mistreat them or put their tribe in danger
What desert did the Navajo live in?
The Navajo (Dine') Reservation is in the Great Basin Desert region of the southwestern United States.
What did Navajo Indians use to send messages?
drums
Did the Navajo Indians have kids?
lol they had to have had kids to make the adults of the Navajo Indians
How did the Navajo Indians use natural resources?
mud, rocks ,wood
Did the Navajo Indians use dry farming?
yes they did in deed.
What kind of food the Navajo eat?
Originally hunter/gatherers, the Navaho people of the American Southwest learned agriculture from the Pueblo Indians. Of all they grew, Corn was the most important crop. They still use it to make something called "kneeldown bread", Navajo cake, and Navajo pancakes. They used blue corn to make blue dumplings, blue corn mush and blue bread. They served whole corn in a variety of ways including steamed corn, and roasted corn. In addition, they learned to raise sheep and goats from the Spanish explorers. And these are livestock which continue to provide the majority of protein in their diet.
What are the language Navajo Indians spoke?
NAVAJO,
What are the Navajo?
The Navajo Indians are a Southwest Nation of semi nomadic Native American Indians.
What did the Navajo's borrow from the Hopis?
They got food like squash,corn,melons,and beans from the hopi Indians. They also ate each other
Is Navajo supposed to be capitalized?
Yes, it is capitalized and it is not Navajo Indians. It is Navajo people.
Did the Navajo Indians food differ according to the season?
Wild food that they gathered or hunted varied from season to season but the staple of the Navajo diet was corn and mutton and that was the same year round. It is still very important.
Did plains Indians use turquoise for jewelry?
NO. Only the Southwestern tribes Pueblo and Navajo.
What Indians were famous for their weaving of rugs?
Navajo! The Navajo Indians are famous for their beautiful woven rugs and silver jewelry! :)
