Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: How the Meanings of Colors Transmit Navajo Culture

For Teachers 4th
Identify the four colors important to the Navajos and understand how these colors represent different elements of Navajo culture.
Primary
Other

Nmsu: Historic Documents: Status Report of the Condition of the Navajos

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: My Navajo Taco

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A young girl makes Navajo tacos with her father in this story. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Website
Other

R.c. Gorman: Navajo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource dedicated to R.C. Gorman. There are links to his many works of art.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Navajos

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Navajos. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Website
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Navajo Treaty of 1868

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Interactive
Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Navajo Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An introduction to the Navajo language. Learn how to speak some numbers animals in the new lingo.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Navajo

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Navajo tribe. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Website
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Inst. Of Arts: Navajo Ketoh (Wrist Guard)

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
Other

Navajo Leaders: Manuelito (1818 1893), Navajo Chief

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Website
Other

Navajo Hopi Land Dispute

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay is an extensive looks at the dispute between the Hopi and Navajo Nations over land in Arizona.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Linguistic Patterns of English and Navajo Speakers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read study the charts to complete a five-question quiz on the linguistic patterns of English and Navajo speakers.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Fort Sumner and the Navajo Long Walk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: Code Talkers the Navajo Soldiers of Wwii

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson explores the unique role that the Navajo secret codes played in winning WWII.
Website
American Indian Heritage Foundation

Indians.org: Navajo (Dine) Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Navajo Burntwater Designs

For Students 3rd - 8th
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....
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Navajo Tribe

For Students 1st - 6th
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.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Ww2 Navajo Code Talkers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the role of Navajo Code Talkers in WW2 through a summary and 27 detailed facts.
Unit Plan
Other

Humbolt State University: Navaho (Navajo) Weaving

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Professional Doc
Northern Arizona University

Teaching Indigenous Languages: Exploration of the Navajo Nation's Language

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Article
Other

New Mexico History Museum: The Long Walk of the Navajo and Mescalaro Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the long walk of the Navajo to Bosque Redondo and Kit Carson's involvement in the relocation.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Native American History for Kids: Navajo Nation and Tribe

For Students 9th - 10th
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!
Website
Legends of America

Legends of America: Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay is about the Najavo Long Walk.
PPT
Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Voices From the Trading Post

For Students 9th - 10th
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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