Utah Education Network
Uen: How the Meanings of Colors Transmit Navajo Culture
Identify the four colors important to the Navajos and understand how these colors represent different elements of Navajo culture.
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Nmsu: Historic Documents: Status Report of the Condition of the Navajos
A digitized copy of the official status report on the terrible condition of the Navajos at Fort Sumner in 1868 and the recommendation by U.S. Indian Agent for Navajo Indians that they are given a reservation in New Mexico and Arizona...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: My Navajo Taco
A young girl makes Navajo tacos with her father in this story. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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R.c. Gorman: Navajo Gallery
Resource dedicated to R.C. Gorman. There are links to his many works of art.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Navajos
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Navajos. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: Navajo Treaty of 1868
This site from the University of Groningen provides the text of the original document of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 signed by President Andrew Johnson.
Digital Dialects
Digital Dialects: Navajo Language
An introduction to the Navajo language. Learn how to speak some numbers animals in the new lingo.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Navajo
Learn about the culture of the Navajo tribe. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Inst. Of Arts: Navajo Ketoh (Wrist Guard)
Provides a brief history of the Navajo, along with text of a Navajo creation story, and a photograph of a ketoh, a wristguard worn by Navajo archers. Includes a discussion of the symbols in the ketoh, and how they reflect Navajo culture...
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Navajo Leaders: Manuelito (1818 1893), Navajo Chief
Written by a former United States Marine who was part of the Navajo Code Talkers this is an impressive outline of the life of Manuelito.
Other
Navajo Hopi Land Dispute
This essay is an extensive looks at the dispute between the Hopi and Navajo Nations over land in Arizona.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Linguistic Patterns of English and Navajo Speakers
Read study the charts to complete a five-question quiz on the linguistic patterns of English and Navajo speakers.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Fort Sumner and the Navajo Long Walk
Help students learn more about the Navajo Long Walk and the forces that led to and through Fort Sumner through research and discussion with this lesson plan.
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: Code Talkers the Navajo Soldiers of Wwii
This lesson explores the unique role that the Navajo secret codes played in winning WWII.
American Indian Heritage Foundation
Indians.org: Navajo (Dine) Literature
Brief narrative of Navajo history and culture accompanied with links to many traditional Navajo legends. Contains the full text of the Navajo "Wind Prayer" and traditional Indian art.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Navajo Burntwater Designs
Simple lesson designed to help students learn the geometric concepts of translation, reflection, and symmetry by creating Navajo weaving patterns. Includes templates and instructions and is available in English and Spanish....
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Navajo Tribe
History for Kids give us an overview of the history of the Navajo tribe, native to the areas of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. Provides interesting facts.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Ww2 Navajo Code Talkers
Discover the role of Navajo Code Talkers in WW2 through a summary and 27 detailed facts.
Other
Humbolt State University: Navaho (Navajo) Weaving
The history and style of Navaho weaving (blankets and rugs) is discussed in this richly illustrated, scholarly essay. With information about characteristic patterns used, color emphasis, and other aesthetic qualities.
Northern Arizona University
Teaching Indigenous Languages: Exploration of the Navajo Nation's Language
The Navajo nation's program to include their language as part of the educational system is the result of a survey taken, which is included on this page. The importance of the Navajo language as a cultural tradition is emphasized.
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New Mexico History Museum: The Long Walk of the Navajo and Mescalaro Indians
An account of the long walk of the Navajo to Bosque Redondo and Kit Carson's involvement in the relocation.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Native American History for Kids: Navajo Nation and Tribe
Explore the Native American Indian tribe the Navajo from the Southwest of the United States on this site. Learn about the clothes they wore, jewlery they made, and other fun facts!
Legends of America
Legends of America: Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo
This essay is about the Najavo Long Walk.
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University: Voices From the Trading Post
This resource offers a series of slideshows, oral histories, and trade goods of the Navajo people from 1860 to the present.
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