JULIAN D'ALOIA

WHERE THEY LIVE

• Live in the north eastern corner of AZ
• Capitol of Navajo nation is window rock
• Navajo nation spreads into UT, CO, and NM

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NAVAJO LANGUAGE

• A branch of the apache languages
• Spoken by 120,000 people
• Also known as "Diné Bizaad"
• first appeared in writing in 1849 in the form of a Navajo word list

NAVAJO RELIGION

• anthropomorphic deities
• The navajo believe in an "almighty"
• The almighty is not necessarily a thing but a force
• The sun, water, wind,

TRIBAL DANCE

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

• Nearly 150,000 navajo's speak their native language
• Some navajo's still live in traditional mud huts
• Much of navajo life style has been modernized
• But also many traditions have been kept the same
• Navajo people depended upon farming

NAVAJO FOOD

• Corn was their main food
• Hard to grow other crops because of terrain
• The navajo dislike pork
• The navajo are very fond of goat meat
• Crops were limited that could grow in desert terrain

GRINDING SUMAC BERRIES FOR SOUP

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CITATION

• Navajopeople.org
• http://www.bigorrin.org/navajo_kids
• Native ameircan indian facts.org
• Pics via google / haiku deck