Archive for 'Navajo Culture'
Sand-Paintings Color Symbolism
Although the colors were reversed in this small sandpainting to fit in with the hatali’s songs, the usual symbolism as shown in other pictures is quite the opposite. The east is white, the south is blue, the west is yellow, and the north black; but the order of the songs to be sung determines the […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2008 under Navajo Mythology, Navajo Culture, Navajo Art.
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Sand-Paintings And Kaytahns
THE origin of sand-paintings, or dry-paintings as Washington Matthews calls them, is shrouded in the mists of the past. In 1880, a Mexican captive who had been reared among the Navajos said to Matthews:
‘The Indians make figures of all their devils, sir.’
It was this hint which led to the discovery of their drypaintings, unsuspected until […]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Navajo Culture, Navajo Art.
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‘Explore Navajo’ Navajo Interactive Museum
TUBA CITY, Ariz., May 31, 2007
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t’s been in a box in Window Rock since the 2002 Olympics, awaiting a new destination.
Now it looks like the Explore Navajo Interactive Museum has found a home, right here in Navajoland.
The display introduced thousands of international tourists to the Navajo Nation while it was housed in a kiosk in […]
Posted: June 9th, 2007 under Navajo History, Navajo Culture, Navajo Nation, Navajo News.
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Navajo Lifestyle
Generally speaking, Navajos do not live in villages. Their traditions did not dictate this necessity, as is common with other Native American societies. They have always banded together in small groups, often near a source of water. Their wide dispersion across the reservation is due in part to the limited amount of grazing land, and […]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under Navajo History, Navajo Culture, Navajo People, Navajo Nation.
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Navajo Nation: History - The People
Anthropologists believe the Navajos probably arrived in the Southwest between 800 and 1,000 years ago, crossing the Bering Strait land bridge and traveling south. The Navajo people call themselves Dine’, literally meaning “The People.” The Dine’ speak about their arrival on the earth as a part of their story on the creation.
The Navajo are believed […]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under Navajo History, Navajo Culture, Navajo People.
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