Navajo
Largest indigenous tribe
Navajo refers to a Native American people of the southwestern United States, primarily Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, or to their Athabaskan language.
The Navajo Nation is the largest tribal nation in the U.S. by land area and population.
Navajo also describes things associated with this people: Navajo rugs, Navajo jewelry, the Navajo code talkers of World War II.
Some prefer the endonym Diné.
Textile floor covering
yarn · spindle · tapestry · dye · handwoven · textile · pattern · design
Native American earth dwelling
- sandpaintingArt from poured pigmented grains
- clanshipKinship-based group solidarity
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
Blue-green opaque gemstone
- braceletOrnamental wrist band
- ringClosed curve shape
- overlayCovering placed atop
- stampingForceful foot motion
silversmith · jewelry · coral · silver · settings · hallmark · pawn · bezels
Northern indigenous language group
- tonalRelating to pitch
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- verbsWords expressing actions
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
syntax · phonology · bilingual · fluency · endangered · speakers · dictionary · immersion
48th state admitted
- UtahBeehive State, western region
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- desertTo leave behind completely
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
reservation · piñon · juniper
Social group sharing ancestry
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- clansRelated family groups
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- kinshipState of being related
elders · sheepherding · sovereignty · veterans · ancestry · community · resilience
rug
Textile floor covering
weft · yarn · spindle · tapestry · dye · handwoven · textile · pattern · design · symmetry
Hogan
Native American earth dwelling
- sandpaintingArt from poured pigmented grains
- clanshipKinship-based group solidarity
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
turquoise
Blue-green opaque gemstone
stamping · silversmith · jewelry · coral · silver · settings · hallmark · pawn · bezels
Athabaskan
Northern indigenous language group
- tonalRelating to pitch
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- verbsWords expressing actions
morphology · syntax · phonology · bilingual · fluency · endangered · speakers · dictionary · immersion · stem
Arizona
48th state admitted
- UtahBeehive State, western region
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- desertTo leave behind completely
sandstone · reservation · piñon · juniper
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- clansRelated family groups
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
kinship · elders · sheepherding · sovereignty · veterans · ancestry · community · resilience
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Sioux, Mohawk, Iroquois
- TribesApache, Cherokee, Sioux, Comanche, Cheyenne
- First NationsCree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Inuit
- Indigenous American LanguagesCherokee, Nahuatl, Quechua, Ojibwe, Cree
- Indigenous PeoplesAboriginal, First Nations, Aboriginals, Native Americans, Inuit
- minority languagesBasque, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Frisian
NavajoAnglo-American
British and American combined
U.S. Army · Kit Carson · settlers · conquistadors · Mexican
- 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