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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 woman in Navajo?
Woman in Navajo: asdzání (tends to mean younger) or asdzą́ą́ ( mature lady, after about 50) or asdzáán
womenfolk is : sáanii
Young woman can also be : ch'ikę́ę́h
How do you say What are you still doing up?
To be awake is: ch'éénísdzid
or "not sleep": doo ashhosh da
still is: t'ah or t'adii
why is ( for what reason): ha'át'áosh or ha'át'íísh biniinaa
for what purpose: ha'át'íísh biniiyé
The verb goes at the end, but one would need to know more about what you want to say to conjugate the verb.
For example is the "you" one, two or more people? It becomes part of the verb not a separate word. Also, there are modes and aspects so, is this something that person does over and over, just this time? There are many ways to say it and it changes the verb. It is hard to exactly translate a colloquial phase like this.
You might say: t'aa doo nanihéhí --meaning "stop your playing"
or : t'áadoo nanitazí -- "stop squirming around"
or: Doo dieghání góó oołkił ńteeh -- "It's late, go sleep!"
or: t'áadoo hadahwíínół'áhí --"quit making a racket (you -3 or more)"
The name Dene in their language actually means pointed hats or clothing.
Did Navajo orignate from the US?
Yes. As far as any historical, archaeological and Navajo tribal oral history can tell the Navajo became a distinct people or according to traditional belief emerged from the previous world in the area of the La Plata mountains in today's Southern Colorado and the upper San Juan river basin in New Mexico about 1100 -1200 years ago. At that time they had absorbed cultural traits such as growing corn from the Anasazi/Ancestral Pueblo peoples so they must have been there for a while before that.
Before that it is unknown where and when exactly they came from. It is thought that perhaps they separated from other speakers of Athabaskan language families who are in northern Canada and Alaska about 1500 years before that. However there are also Athabaskan speakers in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. It is unclear what route they traveled to get to the southwest.
The Navajo creation stories, beside providing spiritual, philosophical, and symbolic meaning and providing an account of ever greater complexity and harmony punctuated by social conflict, also seems to give an account of traveling from one place to the next staying for a while and then moving on. Perhaps this is a story of their travels form the north.
Which subjects would you consider culturally inappropriate to discuss on the panel?
I cannot think of any subjects that are inappropriate to discuss on any area of human concern.
What is the Navajo word for kitchen?
The Navajo term means "food room": ch'iiyáán áł'įįgone'
or : ch'iiyáán 'ál'íní góne
or: ch'iiyáán 'ál'į́į́gi
When did the long walk take place for the Navajos?
The "Long Walk" was between Fort Defiance and Fort Sumner in 1864.
Are Navajo elders highly respected?
As (native) children, we're taught that you are to always treat your elders with respect. So... elders, no matter which tribe you come from, are highly respected.
Why did the Navajos live in hogans?
A hogan is a cozy and warm house to live in in the high deserts were there can be snow and it is quite cold in the winter. In the summer it stay cool because of the traditional thick dirt on the roof and sometimes walls. It is also has tradional symbolic meaning described in the creation stories associated with Changing Woman. Each part has a religious meaning and traditional ceremonies take place in a hogan. The first hogans are said to be built by the Holy People of turquoise, white shell, jet, and abalone shell. The door always faces east.
What is the word strong means in Navajo?
"Dziil" means strength
bidziil --- he/she/it is strong.
sidziil ----I am strong.
nidziil-- you are strong.
The single i is said like in English "bit" and the ii is like in "bee"
Did the Kootenai Indians have a nickname?
Kootenai is a nickname! It is an English pronunciation of a Blackfoot name for the tribe. Their own name for themselves is: Ktunaxa. It is pronounced tu-na-ha with a barely heard "K" sound at the start. They live in 8 or so communities in Canada and the US.
What was the long walk of the 1900?
The Long Walk was in 1864. 53 groups of Navajo people were forced to walk the 450 miles between August 1864 and the end of 1866. The Navajo people were held by the US Army in Bosque Redondo until they were allowed to return back to their lands in June 18, 1868. I have never heard of a Long walk of 1900.
What do the Navajo people refer themselves at?
Din4h - I have chosen to include the letter "h" to include the "h" sound at the end of Dineh.
What is Navajo for peace bringer?
"Yeiyíʼaah hodéezyéél" is the closest I could come. It basically is "Gives Peace", but I have been unable to find any form of "giver" or "bringer". The language, while complex in spelling and pronunciation, is not as "in depth" as English or other modern languages where variety of words is concerned.
WHAT DID early hunters and gatherers gather?
Hunters and gathers lived out in the forests and moved around a lot as a tribe, they hunted, searched for game, and gathered food such as roots, fruit, and berries for survival.
When did Georgia boy get shot in code talker?
when he was protecting the codetalker named Ned Begay, his 'chief' Georgia boy loved to call him that. they were like best friends.
How do you join the Navajo tribe If one of my great grand parents was Navajo?
To join the Navajo tribe, you will need a Certificate of Blood (COB). To obtain a COB, you will need to know to which chapter of the Navajo reservation your great-grandparent belonged (chapters are districts in the Navajo reservation where your ancestor was born or may have lived).
After obtaining this information, you will need to apply through the agency in Window Rock, Arizona. You will need to provide your birth certificate and your parents' birth certificates. The agency will approve your application and send you your COB. However, you must be at least one-quarter Navajo qualify. If one of your great-grandparents was Navajo, that would make your grandparent (their child) half Navajo, your parent one quarter Navajo, and you only one-eighth Navajo.
How do you say he is dead in Navajo?
Found an English to Navajo translation site. Although it doesn't have 'he is dead' I was able to translate 'he left' /'he die'/dead on there.
he left = dah-de-yah
he die = bi dasétsą
dead = anoonéét
What were the materials of the code talkers?
I don't know what you mean by "materials". They carried the same personal equipment as other marines. The code itself was developed as something they were able to memorize so that there was no codebook or device to capture. It could not be understood by other Navajo speakers. It would just seem like a long string of words with no grammar. One Navajo man was captured and tortured but he could not understand it. They had to constantly practice to make sure they knew it correctly. For every letter substitution there were three options. For common military nouns there were Navajo code words. The only "materials" they had were the same ones as any marine radio operator at the time. There were two Navajo guys assigned to each radio so it wasn't two hard to carry everything.
