Navajo Geography
This is the only four corner state that is not part of the Navajo Nation.
Colorado
If you want to build a traditional Hogan, you better place your door facing this direction.
What is East.
What are the four colors used to depict each of the sacred mountains on the Navajo flag?
What are Black, Blue, Yellow, and White
You will encounter 3 of these as you drive through Hopi Land
What are mesa's in Hopi Land?
You would be old too if you were an original resident of the longest continuously inhabited village/community in North America.
What is Old Orabi
At over 27,000 square miles, the Navajo nation is slightly larger than this eastern state.
What is West Virginia.
Before screaming Geronimo, you may want to know the name of the tribe that is ethnically closest to the Navajo.
What is Apache.
His real name was Chris, but he was no christian to the Navajo, rounding them up as ordered and helped send the Navajo on The Long Walk...
Who was Kit Carson
Every full blooded Navajo can claim 4 of these.
What are clans.
His books shaped the image of cowboys and indians,notably in the southwest, for many generations in his native Germany.
Who is Carl May
This state is home to two of the Navajo's sacred Moutains.
What is Colorado
Coming of age ceremony for a navajo girl....
What is a kinalda
The Military base known also as Bosque Redondo
What was Fort Sumner.
27,413
What is the square miles of the Navajo Nation?
The ancient ones.....
The Anasazi
Because of it's name,you might think that this small eastern Arizona town should be in Vermont, but it is actually the closest non-reservation town to Chinle by road.
What is Sanders.
If you die in a navajo hogan, your body will be removed through a hole made in the wall in this cardinal direction.
What is north.
Nearly every one of this type of fruit tree was burned or cut down in an attempt by the US Army to force the Navajo out of Canyon de Chelly
What are peach trees.
There are 110 of these but you will not find them in a book.
What are chapters houses?
Red.....in Spanish.
What is Colorado
These two rivers make-up most of the northern border of the Navajo Nation
What are the San Juan and Colorado
An out of character thread in an otherwise flawless Navajo rug that allow the weaver's "energy" to escape and allow her to work on another rug.
What is a spirit line.
Navajo words such as Cat, Dog, Elk, Owl, Rabbit,
were just a few of the words used by this group in WW2
Who are the Code Talkers....
.25 or 25%
What is the blood quantum to be considered a member of the navajo tribe?
It was in this century that the Spanish made first recorded contact with Southwestern Native Americans in what is now the Unites States...
What is the 16th Century...