Of the Navajo Tribe
Beginning of the Navajo Tribe
I have chosen the the Navajo tribe, also known as the Diné tribe, is a group of people who lived in the southwest desert regions in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. The Navajo tribe fiercely resisted the invasion of their homelands. The names of the most famous chiefs of the Navajo tribe included Chief Barboncito and Chief Manitoulin.
The Navajo tribe people were described as hunter-farmers, which means they hunted wild animals within their lands and harvested natural foods. Gender roll was a big part within the Navajo tribe. The men took care of the hunting and protecting, the women on the other hand gathered the food and made clothing.
They migrated to the Southwest before the arrival of the Europeans and adopted the lifestyle of the Pueblo Native Indians. They adopted the ideas of many of the Southwest Native American Indians but these were closely integrated into their beliefs, especially in relation to sandpaintings. Navajo spirits, called Yei, are commonly found on ancient Hieroglyphs and in Sand Paintings.
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