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  2. Navajo song ceremonial complex - Wikipedia

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    The Navajo song ceremonial complex is a spiritual practice used by certain Navajo ceremonial people to restore and maintain balance and harmony in the lives of the people. One half of the ceremonial complex is the Blessing Way, while the other half is the Enemy Way ( Anaʼí Ndááʼ ).

  3. Life cycle ritual - Wikipedia

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    a. In the Navajo tribe, the Kinaalda ceremony marks the advent of womanhood for a girl when she experiences her first menstrual cycle. The ceremony lasts several days and is composed of several discrete rituals [7] b.

  4. Gender roles among the Indigenous peoples of North America

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    Similar to other Indigenous cultures, Navajo girls participate in a rite of passage ceremony that is a celebration of the transformation into womanhood. This event is marked with new experiences and roles within the community. Described as Kinaaldá, the ritual takes place over four days, during the individual's first or second menstrual period.

  5. Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé - Wikipedia

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    According to the Navajos, she created the Navajo people by taking old skin from her body and using her mountain soil bundle (a bag made of four pieces of buckskin, brought by her father from the underworld) to create four couples, who are the ancestors of the four original Navajo clans. [3] She helped create the sky and the earth. [4]

  6. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Wikipedia

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    It had to offer the public an opportunity to sense the beauty, dignity, and profound logic of Navajo religion. Their chosen architect, William Penhallow Henderson, based his design on the hooghan (the hogan), the traditional Navajo home and the setting for Navajo ceremonies. Klah blessed the ground on which the museum is built but died a few ...

  7. Crow Canyon Archaeological District - Wikipedia

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    The Navajo speak a form of Na-Dené, which is the language spoken by the Southern Athabaskan people. The culture of the Navajo people has a rich history of symbolism, spirituality, and has a deep connection to the Earth. Beginning with the Navajo creation story, colors have both symbolic and spiritual meaning to the Navajo.

  8. Mary Cabot Wheelwright - Wikipedia

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    [5] In Alcalde, New Mexico, she stayed on a ranch. [5] In addition, she traveled to the Four Corners region and Navajo reservation. [5] There, she developed an interest in Navajo religion. [5] In 1921, Wheelwright was introduced to Hosteen Klah, a Navajo medicine man and singer, who was worried about preserving traditional Navajo religious ...

  9. Coyote (Navajo mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Coyote (Navajo: mąʼii) is an irresponsible and trouble-making character who is nevertheless one of the most important and revered characters in Navajo mythology. [1] Even though Tó Neinilii is the Navajo god of rain, Coyote also has powers over rain. [1] Coyote’s ceremonial name is Áłtsé hashké which means "first scolder". [1]