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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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What are some Navajo words we have adopted into the English language?
Hogan is the only word I know of that is from Navajo and now used in English. It is a traditional Navajo home. In Navajo it is: hooghan
There are quite a few place names in New Mexico and Arizona that come from Navajo.
What does nazhonie mean may be phonetic Navajo?
Nazhonie is phonetic, it is correctly spelled Nizhóní. This word has several meanings. It is used many ways and the translation changes depending on context or the way you use the word. Closest literal translation I can think of; (it is) Good, Beautiful, Nice, Pretty.
What did the Navajo letters look like?
The Diné (Navajo) language was an unwritten language until European linguists created a standardized writing system.
Today Diné and other Southern Athapaskan languages are written using an alphabet similar to English.
Here is what is used:
a, aa, á, áá, áa, aá, ą, ąą, ą́, ą́ą́, and so on.
the same for i, o, e
b, ch, ch', d, dl, g, gh, h or x, hw, j, k, k', kw, l, ł, m, n, s, sh, t, t', tł, tł', ts, ts', w, y, z, zh and glottal stop /'/.
What tribe lived in hogan houses?
The Navajo tribe lived in Hogans. And some live in them today. There are two different kinds of Hogans, the male Hogan, with a pointed top like a small earth covered tepee and which was used rarely today for sweat lodges and ceremonies, and the female Hogan, which was usually a hexagon, octagon or round hogan, it is also often covered with earth. Almost everything in Navajo thought occurs in male and female versions. All versions have a door facing east and no windows and a smoke hole or today a stovepipe hole. Today some are made of modern American building materials. Many of the buildings at Dnie Colloge are hogan shaped including a spectacular library. The Navajo tribal council chambers is also hogan shaped. Hogan are required for many ceremonies and described in the creation stories. Each part has symbolic meaning. Often traditional families had one for ceremonies even if they don't live in it anymore. in Navajo language, Diné bizaad, hogan is properly spelled: hooghan
Which direction would you travel from a Navajo village to trade with the Powhatan people?
This would not have happened. The Powhatan people were in what is now Virginia. The Navajo were, and are, in the modern states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The Navajo also did not live in villages. They lived in family groups sort of how a ranch family might live today. However, to do this fictional trip you would travel east.
Is Ted Degrazia's Navajo Mother a watercolor or oil painting?
The original is an oil painting, but it is widely known as a print.
How did the Navajo feel about their gods?
The Diyin diné'é or Holy People are very, very important to the Navajo people. Perhaps the most important is Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé ( Changing Woman).
Where is the Office Of Navajo Nation Library in Window Rock located?
The address of the Office Of Navajo Nation Library is: Hwy 264, Post Office Loop Rd, Window Rock, 86515 9040
What is the Navajo word for purple?
tsédídééh is Navajo for purple. It comes from a name of a flower.
Attached is video to learn to say the colors in Navajo. Remember to say the tones!
Navajo is a tonal language, you can't just add a English question sound or valley girl thing without changing meaning.
What are some Navajo traditions?
A baby's First Laugh Ceremony is when a baby is considered to be of two worlds at birth: that of the holy people and that of the earth people. As weeks pass, adults wait and listen for the child's first chuckle - a sign of joy that signals his desire to join his earth family and community. In Navajo culture, it is believed that a child assumes the qualities of the person who witnesses, his or her first giggle. The laugh witness hosts an A'wee Chi'deedloh ceremony. Guests, often bearing gifts, file past the infant with plates full of food. With help from the host, the baby holds out salt crystals for each of them. Placed on the food or tongue, the salt is meant to rejuvenate the good character in each recipient and serve as the first in a lifetime of generous acts by the child. At the meal's end, a family elder blesses the baby, wishing him a life of generosity and gratitude.
Why are triangles used in the Navajo bridge?
A triangle is one of the strongest shapes for construction. A square or rectangle can deform into a parallelogram when loaded with weight, but a triangle cannot change shape without breaking one of the sides.
What god or spirit visited the hopis world once a year?
Around the year 1025, hopis were joined on their lands by ?, such as the Navajos
What was the southwest desert shelters?
The Navajo (Dine') people lived in Hogans ( hooghan, in Navajo). Today the navajo mostly live in American style houses but many people still have a hooghan for ceremonies or for sort of a guest house. Some older or rural people still live in one.
A hogan must have a door that faces east for the sun and no opening to the north. There are male ( pointed stick top)and female ( round tops) hogans. The female ones are the most common for people to live in over the last 100 years. They are cool in the summer and warm in the winter. When it was too hot in the summer people stayed in shade shelters nearby. Today there is usually a wood stove in the center, in the old days there was a fire and a smoke hole. It should be built and blessed in certain ritually prescribed ways. It is said that First Man made the first hogan. It should have a dirt floor or connection to the earth, and four opes for each direction. The walls were made of wood poles and the roof often corbeled. The whole thing or just the roof was covered in dirt for insulation. Today some are made with American construction and materials. Almost every part and area in a hogan has ritual meaning as well.
Other people such as the Hopi or Zuni or Taos or Acoma lived in very different shelters now called pueblos. Some of these are thought to be the longest continuously inhabited towns in north america. At least 800 to 1000 years. They are multistory apartment style villages made of stone and mud plaster. Traditinaly the entrances were often on the roof with ladders down to the rooms. The flat roofs were used and living and storage areas.
Other people lived other ways. The people in Chaco lived in much bigger versions of the modern style pueblos. The Ho'hokam lived in semi underground dwellings near large canals with irrigated farm land. Some Apache lived in tepees and others in oval wickups, a wood and brush structure. The Ute lived in tepees. The Paiute in brush dwellings. The Havasupai had winter and summer homes. The Yavapai and Hualapai had shelters similar to wickiups.
In which area did the pueblo and Navajo people settle?
They live in the American Southwest. The Pueblo people and their ancestors have lived in this area for 2000 years or more. There are many ideas where they came from before that.
It is not certain when the ancestors of the Navajo first arrived in this area and from where, but they became recognizably Navajo about 900- 1100 AD. This was in the Upper San Juan River basin area of the southwest. They have been spreading ever since.
When was the religious part of concientious objection abolished?
Because mere membership in a particular group, does not constitute a belief system, the blanket protection of membership was ended during the Vietnam War.
Is the bear claw a symbol of what kind of man you like?
The bear claw is the symbol for the bear community, a community within the gay community. The bear community's flag is similar to the gay rainbow flag, but with different colors, and it has a bear claw in the upper left hand corner.
What were Navajo weapons made from?
Navajo weapons were, bows and arrow and spears and knives. The bows were sinew backed and made of wood. The knives were flint and then steel. By the late 1700s and early 1800s they used guns many of which they obtained from the Comanche in exchange for horses. The Comanche got them from the French.
Where can I translate English to Navajo?
ASL does translation, but it's going to cost you. Still trying to find a free site. Let you know if I find one.
glosbe.com does some words but not the grammar which is the hardest. Try also the man who does the Navajo Word of the Day website proably would know.
the Navajo nation, which is located in window rock, AZ but they don't pay for your college but you can ask for a donation or a scholarship request. since your a Navajo.
What is the difference of a Merino sheep and a Navajo-Churro sheep?
Churro have long staple of protective top coat and soft undercoat are well suited to extremes of climate. Some rams have four fully developed horns, a trait shared by few other breeds of the world. The Navajo-Churro is highly resistant to disease, and although it responds to individual attention, it needs no pampering to survive and prosper. The ewes lamb easily and are fiercely protective. Twins and triplets are not uncommon. The flavor of the meat is uncomparably superior, with a surprisingly low fat content. They are thought to be a cross between Jacob and Churra.
Horned Merino rams have long, spiral horns which grow close to the head. Merino wool is finely crimped and soft. Merino need to be sheared at least once a year because their wool does not stop growing. If the coat is allowed to grow, it can cause heat stress, mobility issues, and blindness. They are not usually raised for meat.
Rugs woven of Churro wool are much tougher and long lasting.
There is a Spanish saying that says do not mix churrasand merinas , i.e., do not confuse different concepts.
cema is a term used in the mortgage industry that helps people avoid paying county taxes again,
if some refinanced a loan of $300k and wants to refi a new loan for $350k 1 year later the cema would allow them to pay taxes on the new money only of $50k. CEMA is only typically charged in New York State.
What mining company mined Uranium on Navajo land?
The Kerr-McGee Company was the first, starting in 1948.
At various times until mining stopped Atlantic Richfield, Continental Oil, Exxon, Humble Oil, Homestake, Kerr-McGee, Mobil Oil, Pioneer Nuclear, and United Nuclear applied for and worked to various degrees other leases also on Navajo lands.
