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Navajo medicine covers a range of traditional healing practices of the Indigenous American Navajo people. It dates back thousands of years as many Navajo people have relied on traditional medicinal practices as their primary source of healing .
Native American pieces of literature come out of a rich set of oral traditions from before European contact and/or the later adoption of European writing practices. Oral traditions include not only narrative story-telling, but also the songs, chants, and poetry used for rituals and ceremonies.
A Radiant Curve is the sixty-fourth part of a collection of over eighty books in a series called SunTracks, first published in 1971. [5] A Radiant Curve explores Tapahonso's past to tell poems filled with Navajo culture that describe the beauty in everyday life, Navajo traditions, and the importance of family.
George R. Joe (Navajo) has a bachelor's and master's in English, as well as a master’s in educational leadership. He has been a college English professor and has over 25 years of experience in ...
Newell aims to create more cultural authenticity in the wellness space.
The meaning within the stories is not always explicit, and children are expected to make their own meaning of the stories by asking questions, acting out the story, or telling smaller parts of the story themselves. The Sto:lo community in Canada focuses on reinforcing children's identity by telling stories about the land to explain their roles.
It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture.
Laura Tohe (born 1952) is a Native American author and poet. [1] She is poet laureate of the Navajo Nation for 2015–2019, [2] and is a professor emerita of English at Arizona State University.