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Shí naashá (I'm going) is a Navajo song, composed in 1868 to commemorate the release of the Navajo from internment at Fort Sumner. [1] The song's lyrics express the elation of the Navajo people on the occasion of their return to their homeland. The word hózhǫ́ (beauty), a major concept in Navajo spirituality, is used throughout the song. [2]
The word Navajo is an exonym: it comes from the Tewa word Navahu, which combines the roots nava ('field') and hu ('valley') to mean 'large field'. It was borrowed into Spanish to refer to an area of present-day northwestern New Mexico , and later into English for the Navajo tribe and their language. [ 5 ]
The concept of hózhǫ́ǫ́g (sometimes spelled "hozho") is of central importance in Navajo culture and has a deep connection to aesthetics, but it also encompasses many other aspects of Navajo people's lives and values. Hózhǫ́ǫ́g cannot be easily translated into a single word, but it can be understood as an overarching philosophy and ideal.
The Navajo are speakers of a Na-Dené Southern Athabaskan language which they call Diné bizaad (lit. 'People's language'). The term Navajo comes from Spanish missionaries and historians who referred to the Pueblo Indians through this term, although they referred to themselves as the Diné, meaning '(the) people'. [7]
The language, known as Diné (which means Navajo) even has its own “tom-AY-to / to-MAH-to” discrepancies, as well as differences in spelling, despite authoritative language books.
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 ).
As a noun, this word refers to an organ or layer of cells in human/animal bodies. It secretes a particular substance (e.g., hormones, sweat, tears, digestive juices, etc.).
As a noun, this word refers to a long, narrow strip/belt of something (usually land). In farming, it can also refer to a row of cut grain or grass. OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to ...