Native American Project

Native American Project

Navajo Tribe
Josh G.

https://www.tes.com/lessons/
UEb6wWC1i8upRw/the-nav
ajo-tribe

Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………..…………3
Navajo Religion …………………………………..………..4-5
Ceremonies…………………………………………...……..6-7
Rituals………………………………………………...……….8
Beliefs…………………………………………………...…….9
Festivals…………………………………………………...….10
Temples…………………………………………………….....11
Medicine Man……………………………………………......12
Map……………………………………………………………13
Timeline……………………………………………………….14
Art and crafts……………………………………………....…15
Climate and weather………………………………………...16
Conclusion…………………………………………………….17
Glossary……………………………………………………….18
Index……………………………………………………………19
Work Cited Page………………………………………………20

Introduction

The Navajo tribe was a religious tribe who believed in Gods.

They celebrated these Gods by holding religious rituals and ceremonies.
They also had sacred places to help them worship and they had spiritual leaders
in the tribe.

The Navajo also believed in Spirits that they felt would help them here in the
world.

Navajo Religion

Navajo spiritual practice is about restoring
balance and harmony to a person's life to
produce health and is based on the ideas of
Hózhóójí. The Diné believed in two classes of
people: Earth People and Holy People. As
Earth People, the Diné must do everything
within their power to maintain the balance
between Mother Earth and man [visited via
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo]

Religion Continued

The most respected of Navajo Ritual practitioners are called "singers."
These are men or sometimes women, that can perform one or more of
the major Navajo ceremonies. [Visited via
https://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Navajo-Religion-and-Expr
essive-Culture.html]

Here is a
H“esriengiesr”ad“usirningger”
duaricnegreamcoenrye.mony.

Ceremonies

Ceremonies

Rituals

The Navajo’s rituals are made
up of gestures, words,
actions, and objects,
performed in a holy place and
according to set sequence.
The holy place is normally on
there land.
Rituals are prescribed by the
traditions of the Navajo
tribes.

Beliefs

The Navajos believed that people passed between 3 different worlds and that there
were 2 classes of people, Earth people and Holy people. Holy people either helped
or hurt the earth. While the Earth people needed to maintain balance on earth. The
Holy people had to teach the Earth people how to live the right way.

The Holy people also put four mountains in 4 directions to create their land. The four
mountains were Mt. Blanca (East), Mt. Taylor (South), San Francisco Peak (West),
and Mt. Hesperus (North). Each mountain had a certain color like white or red.

Festivals

Almost every act of their
life—the building of the hogán,
the planting of crops.—is
ceremonial in nature, each being
attended with songs and
prayers.
There are also many less
important ceremonies occupying
four days, two days, and one
day in their performance. In
these ceremonies many
dry-paintings, or “sand altars,”
are made, depicting the
characters and incidents of
myths

Sacred Place/Temples

This is Rainbow Bridge

The Medicine Man

Map

The Southwest American Indian
region encompasses Arizona, New
Mexico, the southern portion of
Colorado, and northern Mexico.

Here is a picture of the
map of where they are
found.

Information from this site:
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/native-ame
ricans/native-people-of-the-american-southwest/

A timeline of events: Timeline

1200’s-1500’s

The Navajo (NA-vuh-hoh) and the Apache (uh-PA-chee) people
moved into the region from the Arctic.

Between A.D. 900 and 1150, the ancient Pueblo people built
hundreds of multistory sandstone buildings in canyons.

Many Southwest tribes were affected by the California Gold Rush in
1849, when settlers, mining companies, and U.S. soldiers invaded

Arts and Crafts

They are well known for their arts and
crafts:

● turquoise and silver jewelry
● finely woven baskets
● clay pottery with geometric

patterns
● colorful blankets.

Climate and Weather

● Dry climate with little rain
● They had to be creative to grow crops like beans and squash

Conclusion

The Navajo People are a tribe of Native Americans from the southwestern
part of the United States. The Navajo tribe has about 300,000 members. It is
the second largest tribe in the United States. [Visited by
https://kids.kiddle.co/Navajo_people]

Did you know?
That the Navajo People
rode horses to get
around.

Glossary

❖ Ceremonies: a formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a

particular event or anniversary.
❖ Climate:the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long

period
❖ Map: a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical

features, cities, roads, etc.
❖ Medicine Man: A title given to one tribesmen so that it is known he can heal other

members of the tribe.
❖ Rituals: a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions

performed according to a prescribed order.
❖ Sacred Places: sacred is holy, devoted to a religious ceremony, or simply worthy

of awe and respect.
❖ Timeline: a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line.

Index

C
Ceremonies pg. 7

I
Introduction pg. 3

M
Map pg. 13

R
Religion pg. 4-5

Ritual pg. 8

T
Timeline pg. 14

Bibliography

Marquez, Juana, The Navajo Tribe [Not Known], visited via
https://www.tes.com/lessons/UEb6wWC1i8upRw/the-navajo-tribe

Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie and Obrien, Cynthia, Native People of the Ameican SouthWest [Not Known]
visited via website

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/native-americans/native-people-of-the-american-southwest/

Navajo Religion and Expess Culture [not known]

https://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Navajo-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html]