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The Navajo People

The Navajo People. Or, The Dine. Bell ringer. Brainstorm everything you know about the Navajo people (feel free to look at your notes). Write it down. Now…. Share what you have with your group. Finally…. Raise your hand and share with the rest of the class. Get Notes Ready.

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The Navajo People

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  1. The Navajo People Or, The Dine

  2. Bell ringer • Brainstorm everything you know about the Navajo people (feel free to look at your notes). Write it down.

  3. Now… • Share what you have with your group

  4. Finally… • Raise your hand and share with the rest of the class

  5. Get Notes Ready • Pull out a piece of paper • Title it: The Navajo People • Write these categories on the left side of your paper, leaving about 3 lines between each one: • Oral Tradition • Environment • Language • Jewelry-Making • Basket-weaving and Sand Art • Weaving • Ceremonies and Traditions

  6. Oral Traditions: • Prehistoric until Spanish • Only recently did Navajo write themselves • Origin Myths? • Navajo migrate • Certain times of year • Coyote and the Stars

  7. Environment • Dry and barren

  8. Environment Continued • Four Sacred Mountains

  9. Environment Continued • Four is a sacred number • Four Sacred Mountains • Four Sacred colors: • Red, White, Yellow, Black • Four elements • Four directions • Four winds • New Mexico Flag

  10. Environment Continued • Food? • Use meat, skin, and wool • Previous to Pioneers, lots of tension with Spanish/Mexicans. • Raids • Boast: Could get rid of all of the settlers except they raised livestock for them.

  11. Language • Describes, doesn’t name • Takes a long time to say things • Not actually a written language • When you meet someone, you don’t just say your name. You give your name, your parents clans (tribes within a tribe), and where you are from • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waELx-wZm0c

  12. Jewelry Making • Beaded • In the 1800’s began to make silver jewelry, usually with turquoise • Turquoise is a sacred stone to the Navajo • Learned from the Spanish • Main method: melting silver and pouring it into molds • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAT6qKRjQ8

  13. Basket-Weaving and Sand Art • Baskets • Made from coiled sumac • Mainly used for ceremonies now • Always has a pathway- • Progression to next stage • Sandpainting • Had healing properties, used during ceremonies • So powerful that it has to be destroyed after • Some people make them to display now, but always made with an error

  14. Weaving • According to tradition first brought by Spider Woman and Man • Shares many things with Pueblo weaving • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hscu4nLFUQw

  15. Ceremonies and Traditions • Rite of Passage- what ones do you have? • Cradleboard- father makes • Girl Coming of Age- runs • Boy Coming of Age- sent into wild

  16. Ceremonies and Traditions cont.

  17. Think-Pair-Share • Name one thing you learned today that you think is important or interesting, and that you will go home and share with your family. • Think about it silently and write it down • Share within your group • Share with class

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