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Navajo Indians
One of the largest of the Native American Tribes, they lived in the Southwest of the United States and Northern Mexico.
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How did the Navajo gather and prepare their food?
They got thier food by plantng and growing corn, squash, beans , melons, onions, chillies, peaches and other crops. Also, by raising sheep, goats and some cattle. They also gathered pinon pine nuts, yucca fruit, wild greens and seeds and berries and herbs. They hunted rabbits, antelope, big horn sheep, elk, deer, every so often bison.
Corn was the staple. Blue corn meal mush, kneel-down bread, dumplings, large cakes cooked under gorund, small cakes like tortillas, roasted corn on the cob, corn cooked in stews were all eaten. Mutton is roasted grilled or stewed. Fry bread with wheat flour came after 1868.
How do you say cousin in Navajo?
It depends on his age.
A youth or young man is dinééh
A man is diné [dee-nay] or Hastiin
An old man is hastiinsani
What is the Navajo word for good morning?
yáʼátʼééh
The marks above the vowels are high tone, not accent or stress. They are important in Navajo.
The t' is a glotalized t sound. You say it by holding your breath in your throat and saying t explosively.
The a is as in "father".
The e as in "met" but held longer because it is double.
The h at the end is said with a breath H sound.
How many Navajo code talkers are still alive in 2014?
The last of the original 29 who developed the code, Chester Nez, died June, 4th, 2014. Of the 400 who learned and used the code, the Navajo Times says 35 are still alive.
What did the Navajo houses look like?
the navajo lived in hogans mud sticks They were earthen houses - miranda did navajo report in 5th grade
What is the Navajo word for cheese?
Ayání
The second a and final i being high tone, Navajo is tonal and it changes meaning. "A" is said like father, i like in "bit".
ayání did not live in the Navajo area for the most part, only a few. In stories they mostly function as symbols of Plains peoples.
When and where did the Navajo people live?
They lived in hogans. In summer they might live in shade shelters in the summer mountain pasture areas. They lived mainly between the four sacred mountains.
They raised sheep, goats, cattle, horses, turkey. They grew corn, squash, pumpkin, beans, melon, peaches, chillies, onion.
They gathered pinon pine nuts, yucca fruit, mescal, sumac and many other berries, beeweed and other greens. They hunted, elk, antelope, deer, every so often buffalo (mostly not in their area), prairie dog , rabbit. They hunted with bow and arrow, guns, throwing sticks, and a stick you put in a hole and twist to catch in the animals fur.
They practiced the many ceremonies of the traditional Navajo religion.
They enjoyed horse races. They played games like the Shoe game and Stick game and told stories in the winter. They were famous for weaving and jewelery.
They sometimes fought with other tribes and with the Spanish. They traded with all the neighboring tribes and Spanish too. They were victims of a extensive slave trade. Neighboring tribes would capture Navajo and sell them to the Spanish. The women were valued for weaving skills by the Spanish. In the mid 1800s it was estimated by the Americans that around 4000-6000 Navajos were enslaved in what is now New Mexico and Northern Mexican States of Chihuahua and Sonora.
Did the Navajo Indians stay inone place or did they move around?
Native Americans did not stay in one place. Native Americans moved with the seasons. They also moved with the buffalo and deer herds so that they would have food for the winter.
What did Navajo people use to carry things around?
Yes.
The horse came to the American high elevation Southwest sometime after 1540. They escaped from Spanish explorers. More were brought and traded, lost and stolen when colonists arrived over the next 100 years.
The word for horse in Navajo is ÅįÌįÌ.
The Navajo became when known for their love of and skill with horses. Horse races were a very popular sport.
Even until the 1970s, some people still came to small towns on the Navajo Nation or near it's borders by horse and wagon or on horse back.
Today horses are still common but pick ups and cars are used for most transportation.
The Navajo are still known for horse skills and rodeos and horse events are popular. At all the Navajo Nation Fairs rodeo events are featured. There are two Navajo Nation Rodeo Association. There is a good short flim of Navajo rodeo guys called " Bares, Broncs and Bulls".
There is a good guide to horse words in Navajo filmed at the rodeo on Youtube called "Rodeo Terminology in the Navajo Language".
How do you say my wife in Navajo?
Her husband: bahastiin or bich'ooní or biką'. (take away the bi and add shi for "my'. Add ni for "your").
Hastiin alone can mean older man or husband
or: bił hinishnáanii (the one I live with)
What crops did the Navajo use?
The Navajo Nation and traditional lands range from 3,500 feet to 10,000 with most between 5000 and 8000 feet and it is 27,000 square miles. That is about the same as Holland and Beligum together. There is a big range in what grows. One of the most common landscapes is steppe land with juniper and pinon pine trees. At higher elvations, with more snow and rain, there are larger pines and firs. At lower areas, there is more of a sagebrush sort of environment. In canyons with creeks there are cottonwoods and sometime gamble oak.
How do you say Mt Hesperus in Navajo?
Mount Hesperus is the American name for a mountain northeast of Cortez, Colorado. The Navajo name for this mountain is Dibé Ntsaa. It means Big Sheep. It is associated with black and the stone jet, old age, night. The emergence place (Hajíínáí) is said to be near here. It is the Navajo sacred mountain (one of six) of the north and one of the boundaries of the Navajo lands. It also has symbol, philosophical, and spiritual meaning. It is also known as: Baashzhinii Dziil --Jet Mountain and Dził Bíniʼ Hólóonii --"Mountain that has a mind". It represents the idea of Sihasin (Assurance, hope) .
It is said to be fastened to the heavens with a rainbow and decorated with jet, dark mist, and wild animals. Here is the home of Tádídiin 'Ashkii (Pollen Boy) and 'Anilt'ánii 'At'ééd (Grasshopper Girl).
These are the Holy People that were told to live in this mountain:
1. Folding Darkness Boy and Girl
2. Black Jet Boy and Girl
3. Black Jet Boy and Girl
4. Black Corn Boy and Girl and cold seasons
5. Bird symbol is black birds and corn beetle birds
6. Sacred Black Wind gave life to this mountain and Monster Slayer is the protector of this mountain
Note: in Navajo tradtional maps and thought east is on the top of the map and north is to the left.
How do you say im cold in Navajo?
deeskʼaaz -- to be cold (weather)
sikʼaz (an object)
honeezk'az -- to be cold (an area)
bii hoozk'az -- to be cold inside ( a fridge or room)
honiik'áás --to get cold (weather, area)
Who did the Navajo Indians worship?
The central concepts in Navajo religion and philosophy are Hózhǫ́ and K'é.
The four sacred mountains and two central mountains and their symbols and meaning are very important as well. Prayer is often done with corn pollen.
Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé) is one of the most deities but all the Holy People (Diyin Dineʼé) are important as well.
There are 60 chantway ceremonies that are preformed by a Hataałii (often called a medicine man but more like a priest) to restore Hózhǫ́. It is a very sophisticated system and takes many years of study to learn. Chants, prayers, sand paintings, herbs, story, dance and many other rituals are combined into a ceremony in an exact manner.
Today, the majority of the 300,000 remembers of the Navajo Navajo take part in traditional Navajo religion at least some of the time.
NAC (Native American Church) and multiple Christian faiths are also practiced.
Hózhǫ́ means beauty and harmony, peace, balance, happiness and contentment, health, wholeness, goodness all in one concept. It is about the dynamic balance of multiple complementary forces that occur in symmetrical pairs (or fourfold symmetrical groups).
K'é is about the proper relationships between people and all things.
Why did the Navajo settle in the desert southwest?
Becous their was a sufficient amount of food and water. And they loved the wildlife.
What does the Navajo and Apache term Dine mean?
Diné is the Navajo language word for "person" or man". Dine'é is plural, tribe, clan or people.
Navajo language is: Diné bizaad. Navajo land is: Diné bikéyah.
Diné Diyinii means "Holy People" -- Navajo spiritual beings.
Nihookáá' Dine'é --- "the earth surface people", the people on earth.
The i is pronounced like in English "bit". The e is high tone so the word goes low to high. Navajo is a tonal language. The mark is not a stress or accent mark. The e is a short sound like in "met" not drawn out as in "neigh"
How do you spell angel in Navajo?
diyin yá naalʼaʼí-- meaning a supernatural messenger.
It is not a Navajo concept. The word was made up after contact with Christians.
How do you say sit down in Navajo?
'ádaa yinísht'į́-----to be shy, bashful, withdrawn
Remember, you can't just you this anywhere in a sentence. Navajo conjugation is very complex.
"She/he/it is shy" is:'ayóo 'ádeinít'į́
you are shy= 'ádaa nánít'į́
They are shy = 'ádaa yizhnít'į́
The mark above vowels make them high tone, not accented.
The mark below make them nasalized
The t' is a glottalized consonant and is different than just t.
two vowels make is held longer.
i is said like in English "bit"
zh is like in the middle of pleasure.
Today, most of the 300,000 members of the Navajo Nation go to the store, often in a pickup truck.
The Navajo traditionally grew corn, squash and beans. After 1540 or so they raised sheep and goats for meat and wool, and raised peaches, melons, onions, chillies, wheat and other crops.
They gathered pinyon pine nuts, yucca fruit, cactus fruit, wild greens, teas, and many berries.
They hunted rabbits, elk, deer, antelope and other small game.
Some Navajo people today still raise corn and other crops and raise sheep for meat and wool. People still gather nuts and teas and dyes.
The Navajo Nation today has one of the largest single irrigated farms in the country. NAPI irrigates 110,000 acres. It raises beans, potatoes, wheat, alfafa, corn, barley, oats. It sells under the Navajo Pride label and has a contract with Lays potato chips.
How do you say good morning in Russia?
I suppose you mean ,in russian.
"Hello" ,at any time is pronounced "zdrah-ss-voo-ee-tay". Written like : Здравствуйте
Good morning is Доброе утро ,pronounced "doh-brah-eh- oo-trah"
Here's a nice link if you're interested: http://masterrussian.com/blday_greeting.shtml For greetings depending on the time of the day, check out this lesson: http://www.learningrussian.net/hello_in_russian_greetings.php
How do you say to sleep in Navajo?
Oh, dude, you wanna know how to say "to sleep" in Navajo? It's like "ahxéhee." Yeah, that's right, just drop that word at your next sleepover and impress all your friends with your Navajo skills. Sleep tight, my friend, in any language you choose!
