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Navajo Indians By: Zach Renier http://www.yippy.com/
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY The Navajo learned how to grow crops, make clothes and pottery, and how to weave from the Pueblos. Then in the 1600’s U.S. troops took over the Navajo’s sheep ranches, and forced them to move which was called the long walk. The Navajo, Pueblo and Apache tribes all joined forces to attack the Spanish, they barely won. ancestral.com MORE History & Geography MAIN MENU
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY • The Navajo attacked U.S. again, but U.S. stopped them and took them to Fort Summer, many Navajo people died at Fort Summer. • The Navajo also fought settlers to get gold and silver. In 1868 the Indian Agency offered to give the Navajo pants and coats, but the Navajo refused to take them. • In A.D. 1000 the Navajo moved from Alaska and Canada down to southwestern U.S. where they are know. The Navajo live in parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, where the climate is hot and dry. There are lots of mesas and Plateaus. MAIN MENU
HOMES The Navajo live in houses called Hogans. Hogans are round or they could have 6 to 8 sides. Hogans are about 20 feet long, with one door on each end that opens to the east. They are made of wood bark and mud. On the top of a Hogan there is a square that is used for smoke when they have fires. The Navajo also had Ramadas which are used for shade and to play cook and weave in. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/extmedia?id=ar092440&st=navajo%20indians&em=pc314197 • / MAIN MENU
DRESS The Navajo are famous for their turquoise and silver jewelry. The girls wore deer skin dresses called Mantas. They also wore clothes made of cotton. For dyes they would use vegetables. On their feet they wore moccasins. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JY85N28KL.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sweet-barbie-doll.blogspot.com/2007/08/princess-of-navajo-barbie.html&usg=___RddAldUkm0gg1pwTAyiHg- MAIN MENU
FOOD The Navajo are farmers, gatherers and hunters. They grew corn, beans, squash, and melons. The Navajo gathered spinach, fruits, berries, grass seeds, and nuts. They hunted deer, rabbits and other animals. They raised sheep for their meat, then they turned it into jerky. They also made fry bread. http:www.google.com MAIN MENU
CUSTOMS & RELIGION The Navajo are famous for sand paintings to heal the sick. The paintings are created by a medicine man or women. The Navajo have many gods called the Holy People, their prayers are done by singing. One of the Navajos games is called the Moccasin Game. What you do is there is 2 teams, you put a ball in one of the shoes, then you try to guess which shoe has the ball in it. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/extmedia?id=ar489060&st=navajo%20indians&em=pc200417 MAIN MENU
INTERESTING FACTS Did you know that the Navajo has 269,000 people that is the 2nd largest amount? They have 16 million acres of land that is the largest amount of land in the nation for the Native Americans . The Navajo aren’t only called the Navajo they are also called Dine’ it means “The People.” The coolest fact, I think is in World War II the military used the Navajo language as a code to make their enemy not know what they are saying. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/extmedia?id=ar726532&st=navajo%20indians&em=pc317753 MAIN MENU
CREDITS Green, Micheal D. “Hogan.” World Book Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. <http://.www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar2588608st=navjo>. Osinski, Alice. The Navajo. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1987. Print. Stan, Susan. The Navajo. Vero Beach Florida: Rourke Publications Inc., 1989. Print. Yacowitz, Caryn. Navajo Indians. Chicago Illinois: Heinmann, 2003. Print. MAIN MENU