The Navajo Indians are located in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. They eat foods like corn, beans, squash, nuts, fruits, meats, and livestock. Men wear breechclothes and women wear woven skirts, and both wear ponchos or cloaks made of deerskin. They live in log cabins called hogans. Their religion is connected to the land and well-being of all living things. Traditions include burying the umbilical cord near a newborn's hogan. They celebrate ceremonies like the Night Chant for harmony and healing. Crafts include jewelry, blankets, baskets, and other woven items.

1. Navajo Indians
By: Tajahnay, Red, Alec, and Sierra

2. Where are the Navajos Located?
• The Navojos are located in Arizona, New Mexico,
Utah, and Colorado.

3. What do they eat?
• The Navajo Indians eat corn, beans, squash, pine
nuts, cactus fruit, wild potatoes, greens, seeds, game
meat, and livestock.

4. Clothing
• In the Navajo Tribe the men wear breechclothes. The women would wear
woven skirts made out of yucca fiber. In the Navajo Tribe it is not
necessary to wear shirts, but men and woman normally wear ponchos or
cloaks made out of deerskin. In the winter they wear woven fur dresses
for women and wool ponchos for men.

5. What kind of house do the Navajo
Indians have?
• The Navajo Native Americans live in log like cabins
called Hogans. They are made from vertical
poles, walls covered with earth, and a roof with a
smoke hole opening.

6. What religion do the Navajo Indians
practice?
• The traditional Navajo way contains no concept for religion as a
sphere of activity separate from daily life. Navajo religion has been
described as 'life itself, the land, and well-being.' All living things -
people, plants, animals, mountains, and the Earth itself - are
relatives. Each being is infused with its own spirit, or 'inner form',
which gives it life and purpose within an orderly and interconnected
universe.

7. What is one of the Navajo’s tradition?
• One of the Navajo’s traditions is when a child is born in the tribe when
they cut the umbilical cord, they burry it near the new Childs Hogan. They
do this because it is a spiritual transfer from natural mother to spiritual
mother.

8. What kind of celebrations or
ceremony's do the Navajo’s celebrate?
• The Navajo celebrate a celebration called the Night
Chant. This celebration is a celebration of
life, harmony, and healing.

9. What kind of arts and crafts did the
Navajo Indians make?
• The Navajo women make handmade jewelry such as bracelets, earrings,
and necklaces. They also make men's buckles, bolos, head pieces, and
pins. They also make cotton blankets, and weave baskets and other items.

10. 5 Interesting facts about the Navajos
#1 The Navajo people are also known as the Dineh people or The People.
#2 The Navajo people migrated from the north in about A.D. 1025.
#3 The Navajo people believe in a supernatural force known as The Creator.
#4 The Navajo are the largest Indian tribe in the U.S.
#5 For the Navajos, all people are intimately related.

11. References
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12. References Continued
• http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/navajo.htm
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/navajoindians.html
• http://navajopeople.org/
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• http://www.old-picture.com/indians/indian-pot-girl-head.htm
http://www.navajobusiness.com/fastFacts/LocationMap.htm
• http://navajohealingsystems.blogspot.com/p/history-of-dine.html

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