NAVAJO BACKGROUND
Whats another word for Navajo people
Dine
Holy People (White, Blue, Yellow, Black Body)
How many worlds were there?
Four
Name two values mentioned
1) Community and Cooperation
2) Respect for Nature
3) Growing from Mistakes
4) Spiritual
5) Forgiveness
What god was the 4th world associate with?
White
Where did Navajo tribe begin?
Who steals the babies?
The coyote
What did the first world consist of?
dark, only burning resin from plants, full of the insects
How do the Wolf, Bluebird, Lion, and Hummingbird relate to eachother?
They all work together, helping one another
What does emergence mean?
when a system shows new, complex properties that arise from the interactions of its simple parts, but are not present in the individual parts themselves.
(sample answer)
San Juan River
What was the purpose of the insects?
Helpers who bring small gifts like seeds to others
How was the creation of the first man and woman portrayed?
- took two ears of corn and put them between two sacred buckskins
- with the help of wind, the first man and first woman were created.
Forgiveness
How does the 2nd World relate to Navajo history?
-2nd world already inhabited by birds
-Insects had to learn how to coexist & made deal that they wouldn’t interfere with each other’s food sources just like when Pueblo Indians joined Navajo in 1680.