The oldest surviving wool Navajo weaving comes from 1805 fund on vitims of an attach in Conyon del Muerto. It is thought they were weaving in wool by the mid 1600s. Sheep arrive in the late 1500s. The period of Navajo weaving from 1650 to 1865 is called the Classic period. Before that the people of the southwest wove in cotton, apocynum (Indian hemp), yucca leaf fiber, fur, and feather cord. It is unknown when the Navajo started weaving. It is thought they learned from the Pueblo people. Cotton cloth was a major trade good in the pre 1492 time period. By 1700 the Navajo weaving was much in demand by the Spanish. Textiles do not survive as well as pottery or other artifacts.
Navajo Nation Council Chamber was created in 1935.
In May 1942, the first 29 Navajo recruits attended boot camp. Then, at Camp Middleton, Oceanside, California, this first group created the Navajo code. They developed a dictionary and numerous words for military terms. The dictionary and all code words had to be memorized during training.
In the Columbian Exchange, woolen Navajo blankets were brought to the Americas from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
There were no Navajo code "breakers" . That means someone who tries to figure out and unknown code. Native Americans who worked for the American side in World War II were sometimes called "code talkers". They used a substitution code to encode English orders using a native American language, mostly Navajo but other ones were used too.
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.
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The Navajo creation story tells of how the first Navajo men and women were thought to be created. The were said to be created from both wind and fire.
Navajo Joe was created in 1966.
Navajo Times was created in 1959.
The Navajo Know was created in 1991.
Navajo Communications was created in 1994.
Navajo - train - was created in 1915.
Navajo Dam was created in 1962.
Miss Navajo was created in 1952.
Mazda Navajo was created in 1991.
Navajo Nation was created on 1868-06-01.
Through Navajo Eyes was created in 1966.