NAVAJO BACKGROUND
CHARACTERS
PLOT
VALUES/LESSONS
OTHER
100

Whats another word for Navajo people

Dine

100
Who guided the people?

Holy People (White, Blue, Yellow, Black Body)

100

How many worlds were there?

Four

100

Name two values mentioned

1) Community and Cooperation

2) Respect for Nature

3) Growing from Mistakes

4) Spiritual

5) Forgiveness


100

What god was the 4th world associate with?

White

200

Where did Navajo tribe begin?

Present day New Mexico
200

Who steals the babies?

The coyote 

200

What did the first world consist of?

dark, only burning resin from plants, full of the insects

200

How do the Wolf, Bluebird, Lion, and Hummingbird relate to eachother?

They all work together, helping one another

200

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)

300
What river in Utah did the Navajo tribe move to?

San Juan River

300

What was the purpose of the insects? 

Helpers who bring small gifts like seeds to others

300

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.

300
What value did the Water Monster portray

Forgiveness

300

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.