Navajo Project by Ava Cook https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b By: Ava and Maddie en-us 2018-08-13 16:35:24 UTC 2018-08-27 14:53:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Most of the Navajo Indians lived on a reservation. This reservation covers parts of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. The Navajo Nation is also located on the Colorado Plateau, which the climate region there is arid to semi-arid. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273094692 The picture below is of the Colorado Plateau, which the Navajo Nation was partially located on.
]]> 2018-08-14 16:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273094692 The absolute location of the Navajo is: 36°02'19.6"N 110°06'26.4"W. For the relative location, the Historical Lands of the Navajo are located mostly in northeastern Arizona. They cover small parts of southeastern Utah, Northwestern New Mexico, and a tiny bit of southwestern Colorado. mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273280775
]]> 2018-08-15 15:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273280775 Since there were not many bodies of water, the Navajo did not sail from place to place. Instead, they originally walked. They often used dogs to pull sleds around, assisting them in moving themselves, and their belongings. mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273280831
As you can see in the picture, before the colonists brought horses, the Navajo used dogs and sleds to transports their items.  


  Later, the colonists brought horses to North America from Europe, so they then used horses as an easier and more efficient means of transportation. The Navajo still live in the Southwest region.

The picture below is of the form of transportation the Navajo used after the horses were brought to North America.
]]> 2018-08-15 15:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273280831 The Navajo had a few arts or customs, one of them was to weave baskets. Though they only had a few tools on hand, they made it work. They would weave black and white baskets. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273281313 The picture below is of a black, white and red basket that the Navajo people weaved by hand. ]]> 2018-08-15 15:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273281313 One of the other things they used to do was mine silver. This was used to make jewelry. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273283497 The picture you see is of a kind of jewelry that the Navajo used the make. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273283497 The Navajo’s language is a Southern Athabaskan language. This is related to languages spoken across the western part of North America. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273283960 Below is a picture of part of the Navajo language that they speak. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273283960 The Navajo people believed in gods that were called the Holy People. They believed that they needed to worship those holy gods because if they didn’t then they would use their powers against them. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273284155 Below is a picture of the gods that the Navajo believed in. This is how they thought they looked. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273284155 The Navajo people learned to live with their surroundings. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273284501 Instead of changing their environment, they changed their customs to fit it.  

Below is a picture of a Navajo family. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273284501 The Navajo lived in the Southwest region. The Southwest region consists of many Mountain ranges, Plains, basins, Plateaus, and Canyons. The land is very dry. Water features are not very common, but streams are sometimes formed on mountain downfalls. There are an abundant amount of mountains, and there are many forests. mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273284526 The picture below is of the type of land that the Navajo tribe lived on.
]]> 2018-08-15 16:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273284526 They raised sheep in their villages. They ate lamb(which they raised), peaches, stew and corn, which they grew. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273285522 Below is a picture of the type of food the Navajo used to eat. This is a Navajo taco. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273285522 The Navajo people create their clothing from animals skins, and sometimes woven yucca plants. Some of the animals that they make clothing out of are sheep, and deerskin. The shoes that they wore were made out of soft leather, and they were moccasins. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273286194 The picture that you see below is of a Navajo woman wearing the proper tribe clothing, made out of animal skins. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273286194 The Navajo tribe made houses that were dome shaped called hogans. These houses were made with a wood frame and had clay walls. The doors to the hogans were always made facing the east so they could watch/see the sun rise. acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273286393 Below is a typical Navajo hogan (house) that has a long cloth for a door. ]]> 2018-08-15 16:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273286393 Relations with the Apache Tribe. mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273527526 The Navajo and and the Apache Tribes were related quite closely. The two tribes speak the same language, and have some of the same lifestyles. The tribes used to be a single tribe, but they later separated into different groups and moved farther away from each other.
Below is a picture of the Navajo and Apache area.


]]> 2018-08-16 16:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273527526 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HXfoXho8oM583b7sHTrlYRc_zxVhbncdnaVsG6KrCPg/edit?usp=sharing acook231 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273586146 Or you can click here for the bibliography.]]> 2018-08-16 19:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/273586146 The Four Sacred Mountains mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/274462151  The four mountains are: Mount Blanca (East) The San Francisco Peaks (West), Mount Taylor (South), and Mount Hesperus (South). These mountains represented the Navajo's belief that the mountains enabled people to live in harmony with their creator, and also with nature.  The Absolute Location is: (35.544493, -107.637849) The Four Sacred Mountains are found mostly in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. They are all located in a diamond shape to each other. 
-The picture below represents the Four Sacred Mountains of the Navajo.
]]> 2018-08-22 01:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/274462151 The Shiprock mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/274465704 The Shiprock is an important place according to Navajo mythology.  One tale says that the ground turned into a bird and brought the Navajo to the Southwest.  The bird was said to be the answer to the prayers of the Navajo.  Later, the bird turned into stone to symbolize his sacrifice.  The Absolute Location of the Shiprock is (36.907534, -108.835578)   The Shiprock is located in Northwestern New Mexico. It is located in the left corner of New Mexico, in the high desert plains.
-The picture below is of the Shiprock.
]]> 2018-08-22 01:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/274465704 Cultural Characteristics mtyler23 https://padlet.com/acook231/m3p7s5gwvr7b/wish/274466298 One interesting custom of the Navajo is that they use Sandpainting. They used many different colors to paint a bed of sand.  They created images and said chants to bring the Earth People and the Holy People to harmony, providing them with protection and healing. 
-The picture below is an example of sandpainting.
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