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    Navajo Nation

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    The Navajo Nation Hope Thatcher Intro. Cultural Anthropology Dr. Janis McFaul February‚ 6 2012 The Navajo nation is the largest native tribe in the United States. They are a society built on harmony with Mother Earth. They believe that everything has a purpose whether it be good or evil. They rely on the land for nourishment and medicine. They are a proud tribe and have close family unity. The Navajo are a peaceful tribe

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    Navajo and Diabetes

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    within the Navajo reservation vary in condition. Most federally operated U.S. highways are in excellent condition year-round and are suitable for vehicles of any size. Roads are generally unpaved in many rural areas and small villages. In the central parts of the Navajo Nation‚ near the Black Mesa (Arizona)‚ roads are often poorly maintained‚ and are sometimes in nearly unusable condition after very heavy rains. In general‚ except for the most remote regions‚ road conditions in the Navajo Nation are

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    The Navajo People

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    The Navajo People Gloria Burkart ANT 101 Instructor Megan Douglas November 19‚ 2012 The Navajo People The Navajo or Dine‚ creation is the story of their origin through a series of emergence through a series of different colored worlds. The Navajo people were hunters and gathers that began herding sheep and goats as a main source of trade and food with meat with the influence of Pueblos and the Spanish. The Navajo were largely hunters and gatherers‚ until they had contact with Pueblos

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    Navajo Peacemaking

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    CAV Paper - Navajo Peacemaking Throughout Indian Country tribes have their own courts to address legal matters. However‚ the Navajo Nation has a court system that stands apart from other tribes. Howard L. Brown Esq. wrote‚ “The Navajo Nation’s Peacemaker Division: An Integrated Community-Based Dispute Resolution Forum” which was published in the American Indian Law Review 1999-2000 issue and was reprinted in the May/July 2002 issue of Dispute Resolution Journal. As a former judicial law clerk

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    Who Are The Navajos

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    Who are the Navajos? They are the Native American people of what is now the southwestern United States. They call themselves the Dine‚ and their land Dinetah. They Navajo live in a log or stone Hogan‚ and they are a very family oriented people. With currently about 148‚500 speakers‚ the Navajo language is “widely credited as being the strongest of the indigenous languages of the United States” (UCLA). The Navajos of today have a much better social life than they did in all the years before

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    Navajo Indians

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    Navajo Indians The Navajo Indian culture is a very unique culture. Family‚ sense of belonging and helping one another is more than just a nice thing to do. For them‚ it’s a way of life. Being the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States this culture typically reside in the Arizona and New Mexico area. They speak their own language but English is also spoken fluently. Their beliefs and values‚ gender relations and how they handle sickness and healing are all major aspects that

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    The Navajo Indians

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    The Navajo Indians are the largest Native group in North America. They are primarily located in the Southeast Basin‚ nearby Mexico. Being such a large group of over 250‚000 members‚ covering an area of about 27‚000 square miles‚ they all lived by their beliefs and rituals. Having such strong beliefs made them kind of predictable‚ not in harm’s way but as to their process of death‚ ceremonies and burials. The Navajo Indians have a very strong beliefs that were passed down from there ancestors and

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    Navajo Culture

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    Navajo Culture By: Jenn Colpitts. Rebecca Keirstead‚ Vanna Dufour ‚ Vanessa Gaudet The Navajo society is a culture rich in tradition. They value the close knit relationship with their family and have a great appreciation for the land. They fought to preserve their way of life‚ resulting in high values in; kinship‚ lifestyle‚ religious beliefs‚ and their rites of passage. Navajo Geography Diné or Navajo Nation borders Arizona‚ Utah and New Mexico. There are four mountains that act as landmarks

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    Four Subsistence Patterns

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    There are four subsistence strategies foraging‚ pastoralism‚ horticulture‚ and agriculture. Subsistence patterns are methods of obtaining food using available land‚ resources‚ labor and energy‚ and technology. Foraging are people whose subsistence pattern is hunting and gathering. Food foraging societies are people who are primarily nomadic and spend most of their time gathering plants and hunting animals for subsistence. One example of such of a society would be the Ju/’hoansi people. The roles

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    Navajo Culture

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    post-Classic Navajo loom. The Two Gray Hills post‚ along with the neighboring posts of Brinks (at Newcomb) and Toadlena (which means "water bubbling out of the ground")‚ are west of U.S. Highway 666 midway between Shiprock and Gallup. Toadlena is at the foot of the Chuska’ Mountains; Two Gray Hills is on the plain‚ and Brinks is on the highway. Two competing traders‚ George Bloomfield and Ed Davies‚ deserve the credit for the eminence enjoyed by the Two Gray Hills-the Aristocrat of Navajo Rugs.

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