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Jr. Ranger Camp & Culture Week: Connecting with Navajo Youth Through Cultural Exchange

Join us at Navajo National Monument for our Jr. Ranger Camp & Culture Week in 2007! Experience the rich heritage of the Navajo people through activities like making pottery, learning about archaeology, creating ghost beads, and discovering the importance of birds and bugs in our environment. We'll also enjoy traditional food like blue corn mush and take a pledge to preserve and protect our cultural history. Thanks to Tribal Trust Fund and our sponsors for making this cultural and environmental education experience possible!

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Jr. Ranger Camp & Culture Week: Connecting with Navajo Youth Through Cultural Exchange

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  1. Navajo National Monument National Park Service The connection to our youth through cultural exchange. Jr. Ranger Camp & Culture Week 2007

  2. JuniorRangerCamp2007

  3. Making Pottery Just as the Ancestral Puebloans did… And our local traditional Navajo continue.

  4. Finishing on Pottery Tools were made, but toys were a must!

  5. Meeting with the Archeologist “Artifacts are messengers from the past.”

  6. Making Ghost Beads

  7. Let’s EAT!!! Traditional Blue Corn Mush. Its made with the Juniper trees and the corn.

  8. Birds and Bugs are a vital part of our environment. What kind of birds & bugs do we see? I love worms! Do you like worms? Maybe gummy worms?

  9. Taking the Pledge “I promise to preserve and protect the plants, animals, and cultural history…”

  10. Thank you to our sponsors:Tribal Trust Fund and supporting fund raisers for making it possible to connect to our youth through cultural and environmental education.

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