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The Navajo are the largest Native American tribe in the United States, with over 300,000 members. They have a long history in the Southwest dating back over 600 years, and were forcibly relocated to a reservation in the 1860s. Navajo spirituality is based on maintaining balance and harmony through rituals and practices guided by sacred teachings. They believe in an array of deities and spiritual beings that created the world and continue to influence it. Ceremonies like sweats and blessings are used for healing and renewal on both individual and community levels. As Christians seek to understand Navajo spirituality, they can find common ground in concepts of love, balance, and sacrifice while explaining how Christianity's God differs from Nava
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- 6. HISTORY
- 7. ● Evidence states the Navajo first entered the Southwest in 1400 A.D. ● The people were hunters and gatherers ● Oral history suggests that the Navajo had long relations with the Pueblos. ● The Navajo originally grew the “Three Sisters” of corn, beans, and squash. ● In 1846, the Navajo entered the U.S army. ● Beginning in 1864, around 9,000 men, women, and children were forced to walk 300 miles to New Mexico for internment. ● The U.S army maintained forts in Navajo land between 1873 and 1895. History
- 8. Humans came from many underworlds: insects or animals. Deities gave life The Changing Woman taught & married the sun Monster Slayer and Child of the Waters slayed evil The four sacred mountains of boundaries: San Francisco Peaks, Mt. Blanco, Mt. Taylor, and Mt. Hesperus. The Holy People arranged the stars and put the sun and moon in the sky. The Creation Story
- 9. Navajo Spiritual Rights Timeline 1978 Religious Freedom Restoration Act 1993 1990 2007 American Indian Religious Freedom Act Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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- 11. Hofstede’s Values ● High Power Distance, because elders are respected, but so are children ● Collective and communal mentality ● A “feminine” society where everyone is accounted for and the earth is a beautiful resource Spirituality, not Religion ● Spirituality in every aspect of life ● Do not consider selves religious 2 Groups ● Earth and Holy people ● Earth people attempt to maintain balance ● Holy people instruct Earth people NAVAJO BELIEFS
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- 13. ● Can be symbol or artifact ● Spin clockwise “sun-wise” ● Aligns forces of nature Medicine Wheel
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- 19. Works Cited Irwin, L. (Ed.). (2000). Native american spirituality : A critical reader. ProQuest Ebook Central https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org Iverson, P, Nez Denetdale, J, and E. Deer, A (2006). The Navajo. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-7910-8595-3. Lewton, E. L. (2000). Identity and healing in three Navajo religious tradition . Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 14(4), 476 Okar Research. (2013). [Photograph]. http://balkhandshambhala.blogspot.com/2013/03/hozho.html U.S. Department of the Interior. (2020). Navajo Region. Indian Affairs. https://www.bia.gov/regional-offices/navajo. Verschage, C. L., (2021). Native American Spirituality. Walking in a sacred manner. (2021). Navajo Nation Profile. navajoprofile.wind.enavajo.org. https://navajoprofile.wind.enavajo.org/.