Navajo Tribe Research Paper

Navajo Tribe
I choose the Navajo culture because when I was twelve I had a friend that was Navajo. She taught me a lot about her culture, and what it was all about. So, I thought doing the Navajo culture would be a perfect topic for me to research because of my personal connection to my friends life. This tribe of the Native Americans is the largest one in the United States to this day. Doing the research has taught me a lot more of the nature of the culture and the beliefs. That their culture is so different from our culture as Americans. These cultural elements are great . Their language is a completely different dialect, their religion is unique as well as their customs, traditions, and the art of literature. The Navajo language is also known as diné Bizaad. Only about 175,000 people that are in the United States still speak this language. They stay to their native roots, the language itself usually carry either a high, low, rising, or falling tone in the the speaking of diné. The word ¨Diné¨ simply means the people and that is
The ceremonies that are performed are usually four days,two days, or one day. It all just madders what ceremony or ritual they are performing. They use the sandpainting in their ceremonies.They use sand paintings as a spiritual way to heal the sick. The symbolic colors have many meanings, black, white, yellow and blue . they define direction. (navajo culture) some of the ceremonies they perform are puberty ceremony when a boy or girl is about 12 to 13. A coming of age ceremonie 16 to 18 years old . a baby's first laugh ceremonie, when people get married .(culture and festivals ) the navajo wedding ceremonies are held at night. They are not suppose to cut their hair till they are wedded because they see it as a memory. Their hair is brushed with a yucca root. they usually keep their hair in traditional knot called a tsiyeel which was wrapped in white yar.(why navajo hair