Sacred Lands & the Peaks
This is the Diné name for the San Francisco Peaks, meaning “Shining On Top.”
What is Dook’o’oosliid?
This 1978 law protects Native religious freedom.
What is AIRFA?
This is the traditional Navajo dwelling and ceremonial structure.
What is hogan?
Where can you find what readings that need completed before class?
This animal was used as the costume worn at the Snowbowl protest.
What is a snowman?
This is the number of sacred mountains that traditionally define the boundaries of the Navajo homeland.
What is four?
This Supreme Court case restricted religious exemptions for peyote.
What is Oregon v. Smith
This direction all traditional hogans face.
What is east?
This European nation colonized the Southwest first.
What is Spain?
This number is sacred in Navajo culture and appears repeatedly in colors, plants, and mountains.
What is four?
How many exams are in this class?
5?
This legal standard requires proof of coercion to show religious burden.
What is Lyng?
This substance is commonly sprinkled for blessing during ceremonies.
What is pollen?
This forced Navajo relocation occurred in the 1860s.
What is Long Walk?
This year Ashland University was founded as a college.
What is 1878?
This is the term for sacred violation of holy land.
What is desecration?
This plant is sacramental in Native American Church rituals.
What is peyote?
This is the place you can go for help with writing, presentation, paper revisions and more.
What is the WCC?
This 1680 uprising expelled Spanish settlers.
What is Pueblo Revolt?
This colorful mineral was burned by First Woman for fire in the creation story.
What is turquoise?
This federal agency controls the San Francisco Peaks.
What is Forest Service?
Which of these is not a center at AU?
WCC, Career and Life Calling, Office of Global Opportunities, Student Accessibility Center
Office of Global Opportunities?
This modern platform has contributed to hogans being used as tourist rentals.
What is Airbnb?
This term describes the Diné survival strategy through hardship.
What is resilience?
This animal appears both in Navajo creation stories and as a chaotic trickster figure.
What is a coyote?