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The Navajo Indians

The Navajo Indians. By S age D ellamore. Table of contents. Tribe traditions. What do we eat ? Where do we live? How do we dress? Who are the famous people in my tribe? Contributions How big is my tribe? More about my tribe. Quiz Websites I used for my research About the author.

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The Navajo Indians

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  1. The Navajo Indians By Sage Dellamore

  2. Table of contents • Tribe traditions. • What do we eat? • Where do we live? • How do we dress? • Who are the famous people in my tribe? • Contributions • How big is my tribe? • More about my tribe. • Quiz • Websites I used for my research • About the author

  3. Navajo Tribe Traditions They made Jewelry They use sheep wool to make Winter clothes They had religious ceremonies

  4. What do we eat? The Navajo Indians eat animals, beans, squash, and corn. The vegetables and beans they eat are farmed by the Navajo Tribe.

  5. Where do we live? The Navajo Indians live in Hogans like the one you see in this picture. Hogans are made of packed mud or clay. They named the 5 sides of the Hogan Morning, Sunset, Darkness, Aragonite, and Heat Wave. Their tribe was from New Mexico.

  6. How Do We Dress? Women wear a “Squaw Dress” Men wear deaskin skirts and shirts They wear moccasins

  7. Who Are The Famous People in My Tribe? • THE CODE • Bomb – A-YE-SHI • Riflemen – BE-AL-DO-HOSTEEN • Ammunition – BEH-ELI-DOH-BE-CAH-ALI-TAS-AI • Tank Destroyer – CHAY-DA-GAHI-NAIL-TSAIDI • Meet the Navajo Code Talkers! • Keith Little – Code talker with the US Marine Corp starting in 1943 • Teddy Draper Sr. – Joined the Marines in 1943 • Bill Toledo – Code talker for three years from 1942 to 1945 • Samuel Tso – Served in the Marine Corp from 1943 to 1946

  8. Contributions Contributed to war with Code Talkers 375 to 420 were trained as Code Talkers Contributed with Silversmithing 500 served as Marines for the US

  9. How Big is My Tribe? There were over 50,000 Navajo tribe members in New Mexico and other cities. Today, the Navajo Tribe Nation includes around 298,215 Navajo people.

  10. More Information (Fun Facts) They live near the Grand Canyon They farmed the Canyon de Chelly The Navajo Reservation is over 2 million acres Hogans might have either six or eight sides

  11. Quiz Time! If you visited Navajo land and you took a craft home, what would it be? What do they wear? What are they known for in the military?

  12. My Research Websites Traditions Within the Navajo Culture http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/navtrad.htm Navajo People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people Navajo Clothing http://navajopeople.org/navajo-clothing.htm How big is the Navajo Nation? http://www.chacha.com/question/how-big-is-the-navajo-nation Navajo History and Culture http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Navajo-History-and-Culture-89605.html

  13. About the Author • Where do I live? • Roy • What should you know about me? • I want to visit a beach! • What is my favorite subject? • Recess

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