The oral presentation the Navajos

Before to start the presentation I want to say that we have to talk about the Navajo tribe located between New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.

History of the tribe: 

Well, Navajo is the largest tribe of North American Indians. the Navajo learned how to plant corn, beans, squash, and melons.  The Navajo also began to learn a similar style of weaving, making clothing and art from the Pueblo Indians.


Almost all Navajo people speak English today, but nearly 150,000 Navajos also speak their native Navajo language. Navajo is a complex language with tones and many different vowel sounds. Most Navajo Indians lived in homes called hogans.


The Navajo reservation is currently the largest in the United States.  It has over 140,000 people with 16 million acres most of which are in Arizona.  They still weave from wool and use natural vegetable dyes for color.  Today, people live like the old days the best they can with the modern lifestyle, but others use modern technology to live. 


Tribal customs: 

The navajo tribe have many customs and believes and we want to talk about some of his customs and believes .

Navajo Indians consider the land to be their mother, and that they are the extension of 

"Mother Earth." They have maintained a tremendous respect for the earth down through 
the centuries.

The Navajo believed in many gods. The most powerful god was Sun Bearer and one of his wives, Changing Women. The land of the Navajo was marked off by four sacred. 

   When a person was sick the tribe given a special herb to drink and told to sit in the  center of the dry painting. Also the shaman touched the head of the figure then touched the patient’s had and chanted. This was repeated with each part of the body. 

Navajo hunters used bows and arrows. In war, Navajo men fired their bows or fought with spears and rawhide shields. Navajo tools included wooden hoes and rakes for farming, spindles and looms for weaving, and pump drills for boring holes in turquoise and other beads. 

The principal roll of the mens and women's in the tribe:

Men and women did different jobs in Navajo society. Navajo men were hunters, warriors and political leaders. Only men were chiefs in the Navajo tribe. Navajo women were farmers, tended livestock, and also did most of the child care and cooking. 


Originally, Navajo men wore breechcloths and the women wore skirts made of woven yucca fiber. Shirts were not necessary in Navajo culture, but both men and women wore deerskin ponchos or cloaks of rabbit fur in cool weather, and moccasins on their feet. 




Important tribe members:


Ganado Mucho: he was a Navajo headman, a proponent of peace with whites, and as his name indicated, a cattleman in the vicinity of present-day Klagetoh on the Navajo Reservation.


Manuelito: was a very important men that his nickname was ``the angry warrior``. Manuelito had become wealthy through agricultural pursuits, livestock raising, and raids

Navajo Religion: 

Most Navajos believe that in the universe there exists an Almighty, a spiritual force that is the source of all life. The Almighty belief is not pictured as a man in the sky, but is believed to be formless and exist in the universe. The sun is viewed as the power of the Almighty. They are not worshipping the sun, but praying to the Almighty, and the sun is a sign and symbol for that.