Navajo Nation

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• The Navajo is the biggest tribe in North America; it surpasses 200,000 is population
• Their original location extends to the four corners of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, and they still live now.

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• They didn't have horses at first, so they used dogs to pull them on sleds
• They would live in summer houses, or winter houses depending on the wether

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• They made wool blankets, yet only the wealthy leaders could afford them.
• The males wore breech cloths and the women wore skirts before the colonist

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• The raised sheep, and grow corn, beans, and squash.
• The males would hunt deer for meat and the females would cook the meat and the food they grow.

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• They didn't have horses for a while, so they had dogs to pull them on sleds.

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• They made some colored pottery, so that they had places to store stuff such as water and food.
• Children often went out and collected some small jewelry in order to make some accessorize.

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• One of their ceremonies is called the Blessing Way that keeps them on the path of wisdom and happiness.
• The second ceremony is called the Enemy Way because it's how they discourage evil spirts and eliminate ghosts.