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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 do you say keeper of the flame in Navajo?
"Keeper of the Flame" is actually a sacred name associated with one of the Holy People, and therefore, is not a name associated with humans. He is the one who gave the Navajo knowledge regarding the building of fire; hence the expression for inquiring who has the ability to make fire:
Heesh bi kleel holoo? Who possesses the ability to make fire? Haashchʼééshzhinà -- Black God, creator of fire and the stars.
Dilyéhé, the Pleiades, are depicted on his temple.
What is the word for gift in Navajo?
Ayóó Ánííníshní is the equivalent of "I love you" in Navajo.
Navajo verbs are very hard for English speakers to use. They conjugate in very different ways.
to be in love with him/her is: ayóí 'óosh'ní or ayóí 'íínísh'ní
You love me: ayóí 'áshííní'ní
ayóí 'ádósh'ní -- I love myself
ayóí 'ádanííníi'ní -- we love you
There are many, many more conjugations.
How many original code talkers are left?
It is not known exactly how many of the Native American code talkers perished in World War II but most of them survived. They are mostly dead now from old age.
What type of clothes did the Navajo use?
The Navajo Indians dressed in deerskin early on. Both the men and women used deerskin for clothing. They later wore cotton clothing, moccasins, and velvets.
How do you say grey in Navajo?
In Navajo the general term for green is tátł'id.
Dark green is tátł'idgo diłhił
tátł'idgo dootł'izh -- grassy/mossy green)
dootł'izh --- means both blue and green. Japanese does this too, in the word "aoi"
ch'ilgo dootł'izh ----Green (Plant Green)
hodootł'izh -- green area.
da'ítł'izh -- streak of green
deestso or dzideetł'izh -- a green ridge extending
haastso -- meadow
diitł'íízh -- to get green (a thing) or to dye it green.
ńdahootsóóh or hodootł'izh náhádleeh -- to turn green again in the spring.
What is the Navajo word for war?
"we went to war" ---Baa' baa ńdiikai
'ashdla' shinááhai dóó 'atah baa' baa ńdiisdzá--"At the age of twenty five I was on of those who went to war."
Note Navajo conjugates very differently than English. In order to use this, one would need to know who and how many went and in what manner.( over and over, as is custom, one time, and other modes and aspects. This verb at the end, ńdiishdááh ( 1st person imperfective) means "to get up" or "arise". Baa' is the stem meaning war or raid. "To carry on warfare is": naashbaah
What are the different Navajo tribe names?
The name they call themselves in the Navajo language is Diné or T'áá Diné. It means Navajo or man or person. It is two syllable. The mark over the e is a high tone mark not a accent mark. Navajo is a tonal language. The i is said as in "bit", the e is short and said as in "bed".
The word Navajo comes from the Spanish hearing and spelling of a Tewa Pueblo Indian word meaning wide fields or river bottom fields. It has sometimes been spelled Navaho as that is how it sounds to English speakers.
In Navajo language (Diné bizaad) sometimes it is Naabeehó Dine'é,(Navajo tribe) which is the Navajo pronunciation of the Spanish word Navajo. The Navajo were not in different tribal grouping like some other tribes so there really is only one name. There are about 72 clans but you are not supposed to marry anyone in any of the four clans of your grandparents or clans related to those clans so over time the family ties are all mixed. Navajo country is Dinétah (old Navajo country) or Diné Bikéyah or Naabeehó Bináhásdzo.
What does a Navaho Indian hogan look like?
They are made of logs and branches and covered with earth or mud. They always face with the entrance to the east. They have a smoke hole at the top. They are usually 6 or 8 sided or round. The most common kind are called female. They have rounded tops and are said to be modeled after a mesa that is one of the two central sacred mountains where Changing Woman was. The less common type is called male. It has a pointed top and looks a little like a small earth-covered tepee.
What happened to the Navajos in 1863?
They were forced out of their homes and walked 300 miles to a reservation in New Mexico.
What is the Navajo word for nugget?
Honey is: tsís'ná bitł'izh
The marks over some of the vowels are high tone marks, not accents. Navajo is tonal and it changes meaning. The marks between are glottal stop consonants. English has it in the word uh'oh. The tł' is very hard to say for English speakers. It is a tł said with your throat closed. zh is like in "pleasure".
What were the Navajo tribes beliefs?
- The Navajo believe the creator placed them in the middle of four major mountains that represent the four cardinal directions.
- The Navajo believe that all living things, people, plants, animals, are their relatives. The Navajo are cautious of death, and will avoid human remains when possible and rarely talk about it.
- Many Navajo speak their own language? It is either called, "The Navajo Language", or "Athabaskan".
- The Navajo worship the winds, sun, and watercourses.
What is the Navajo word for spider?
The Navajo word táni·l'ái means "which is spread out on water" and is used as the name for dragonflies
Why are the Navajo people important to the war in the pacific?
The native Americans were viewed by many as unimportant savages throughout the early united states. today, many laws are in place so that those of native-American descent will (hopefully) become somewhat prosperous. it's America trying to repay at least a small amount of the suffering that the early U.S. caused. native Americans today are probably one of the worst-off minority groups. quite sad, considering they were here long before we were, and attempted to become more American by creating schools, and even writing their own languages.
What is the Navajo words for baby bear?
náshdóítsoh noodǫ́zígíí
The first word means large wildcat, the second modifies it.
The marks over some vowels are high tone marks. Tone can completely change a word in Navajo. Double vowels make the sound held longer. Ts is like the end of the word it's. The oi sound is like oy.
Was the Navajo code ever discovered?
The Navajo code was created using Navajo as a base to a alphabet substitution code in 1942 by Philip Johnston and the original 29 Navajo code talkers. He was the son of a missioonary and had grow up on the Navajo reservation.
The Japanese never broke the code. About 400 of the 540 of the Navajo who served in the Marines in WWII were code talkers. The code even could not be broken by Navajos who were captured and tortured by the Japanese. Hr said after the war to one of the code talkers; "I never figured out what you guys who got me into all that trouble were saying."
It was used in the Pacific war, in the Occupation of Japan and in the Korean war. It was declassified in 1968. They could not receive recognition until after that.
What tools did the southwest Indians use?
The Chumash Indians used fishing rods , spears , bows , arrows , and abalone shells
