Navaho
Arizona reservation dwellers
Navaho is an alternate spelling of Navajo, referring to a Native American people of the southwestern United States or their Athabaskan language.
The Navajo Nation, spanning Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, is the largest reservation in the country.
She learned to weave from Navaho tradition.
The spelling with j is now standard.
Interlacing strands into fabric
dye · pattern · silversmithing · turquoise · squash blossom · concho belt · jewelry · pottery
Native American earth dwelling
- Monument ValleySouthwestern sandstone butte region
- Four CornersQuadripoint of southwestern states
- SouthwestArid American expanse
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
tribal council · chapter house · clan system · matrilineal · treaty · sovereignty · self-determination · boarding schools
Art from poured pigmented grains
- medicine manTraditional indigenous healer
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- healing ceremonyRite intended to restore health
- protectionGuarding against harm
harmony · balance · restoration · pollen · offerings · sacred mountains
Northern indigenous language group
- tonalRelating to pitch
- unwrittenNot set down formally
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
- immersion schoolSchool teaching only in target language
endangered · revitalization · grammar · pronunciation · oral tradition · bilingual · fluency · elders
Southwestern indigenous nation
- HopiPueblo people of Arizona
- ZuniNative southwestern pueblo-dwellers
- UteGreat Basin Indigenous group
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
Native American · First Nations · Ancestral Puebloans · intertribal
weaving
Interlacing strands into fabric
blanket · dye · pattern · silversmithing · turquoise · squash blossom · concho belt · jewelry · pottery · basketry
hogan
Native American earth dwelling
- Monument ValleySouthwestern sandstone butte region
- Four CornersQuadripoint of southwestern states
- SouthwestArid American expanse
reservation · tribal council · chapter house · clan system · matrilineal · treaty · sovereignty · self-determination · boarding schools · resistance
sandpainting
Art from poured pigmented grains
- medicine manTraditional indigenous healer
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- healing ceremonyRite intended to restore health
protection · harmony · balance · restoration · pollen · offerings · sacred mountains
Athabaskan
Northern indigenous language group
- tonalRelating to pitch
- unwrittenNot set down formally
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
immersion school · endangered · revitalization · grammar · pronunciation · oral tradition · bilingual · fluency · elders · transmission
Apache
Southwestern indigenous nation
Indigenous · Native American · First Nations · Ancestral Puebloans · intertribal
- rocketsrocket, rockets, ballistic missile, booster, boosters
- blackberrieswild blackberry, Logan, dewberry, Marion, Himalayan
- Navajo NationSovereign tribal territory, Southwest US
- navajo blanketIndigenous woven wool textile
- Navajo jewelryNative American metalwork ornaments
- navajo rugIndigenous Southwestern woven textile
- Navajo reservationDesignated tribal territory
- Navajo Code TalkersDecorated indigenous military cryptographers