assuredly taught the tribe a lesson as a result. The people prayed in the end to bring wind to dry up the mud which in turn created a comfortable world for them to settle in. Only the Navajo creator bears a destruction done by a different galactic force. The coyote‚ one of the initial beings‚ in the 3rd world of the Navajo‚ steals the water monster’s baby which enrages the water monster. As a reaction‚ the entire 3rd world was flooded by the water monster. Although‚ the baby was returned to the water
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length of service‚ in the entire history of the U.S. Military. More than 33‚000 Niseis joined the Army and fought in many European campaigns. The last group that also helped contribute to the U.S. War effort is Native Americans- the Navajo Code Talkers. Over 400 Navajo
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The Navajo coming of age ceremony is the celebration in the southwest region‚ of a girl undergoing puberty where she is no longer a girl but a woman. The ceremony includes a song sung by the medicine man to mark the change in the girl’s status from girl to woman
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these stories‚ their descendants would not know about their ancestors. There are many different Native American tribes like‚ the Modoc‚ Navajo‚ Onondaga‚ and the Iroquois. Even though they are from different tribes and places‚ culture is a big part of all of their heritages. They show it through different stories like When The Grizzlies Walked Upright and The Navajo Origin. But‚ only one of these stories is most culturally relevant. When the Modoc wrote the myth When The Grizzlies Walked
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disadvantages still exist‚ for an example we can not have liquor on our reservation. I think it might be a tiny economical development but we could open up a brewery and distribute package liquor. Factors like these are advantages and disadvantages to The Navajo Nation. 4. Discuss the articles and films we saw in class concerning renewable energy. Talk about some pros and cons discussed in the films/articles of having renewable energy on your tribal lands? If not‚ what form of energy do you think your
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every 100 people in the U.S. is a Native American. Most live in areas west of the Mississippi. Native Americans belong to 561 tribes. The Cherokee tribe of Oklahoma is the largest.” (para.1). The five largest tribes are; 1. Cherokee 308‚000 2. Navajo 219‚000 3. Chippewa 104‚000 4. Sioux 103‚000 5. Choctaw 82‚000 Figure 1. The above shows the top five largest American Indian tribes in the Untied States. As one can see‚ the populations are large‚ yet still the American Indians do not have enough
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Johnston was raised as the son of a Protestant missionary who stationed his family on a Navajo reservation in southern California. He also happened to be one of the few‚ non-Navajo that could understand and speak their native language. The Navajo language was very hard to pick up on and consisted of no alphabet. At the time the United States entered the war‚ Johnston realized that he could use what he had learned at
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of the story‚ Geddes leads the reader to understand the childhood dream which lead the villain to build the Navajo Nation Theme Park. Moreover‚ in the story Geddes provides the villain’s background and past which better allow the reader to side with him and easily perceives the villain as the protagonist. The childhood dreams of the villain inspire his lifelong ambition to build the Navajo Nation Theme Park. In addition‚ the reader can simply empathize and accept the villain’s behaviors throughout
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great deal about his personality. In Chee’s Daughter by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller this theory is displayed. In this story a young Navajo Indian girl is taken from her home by her deceased mother’s parents. Two different environments which reflect values and personalities are conflicting. A young traditional Navajo‚Chee ‚ and a non- traditional Navajo businessman‚ Old Man Fat ‚ fight over Chee’s daughter‚ Little One. The two distinctly different settings in this story reflect the personalities
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Part one: The three short stories- When Grizzlies Walked Upright‚ The Earth on Turtle’s Back‚ and The Navajo Origin Legend – all share a similar concept. The story The Earth on Turtle’s Back talks about before Earth even existed everything was water and there were birds and animals that swam around. Up‚ above the clouds‚ was a skyland where humans lived. In the end of this short story a small little muskrat brings up land from underneath the water and gives the chief’s wife a place to stand and
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