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  2. Navajo - Wikipedia

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    It is a repository for sound recordings, manuscripts, paintings, and sandpainting tapestries of the Navajos. It also featured exhibits to express the beauty, dignity, and logic of the Navajo religion. When Klah met Cabot in 1921, he witnessed decades of efforts by the US government and missionaries to assimilate the Navajos into mainstream society.

  3. Four Sacred Mountains of the Navajo - Wikipedia

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    According to Navajo belief, each mountain is assigned a color and direction and is seen as a deity that provides essential resources for Navajo livelihood. However, the environmental integrity of these sacred mountains has been compromised for decades, by uranium mining and other resource extraction procedures [ 1 ] leading to unfavorable ...

  4. Diné Bahaneʼ - Wikipedia

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    Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs.

  5. Stereotypes. Taboos. Critics. This Navajo cultural advisor is ...

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    Navajo cultural advisor George R. Joe explains the painful history, and present-day controversies, ... It is the Navajo belief that without our culture and language, the Gods (Diyin Dine’e) will ...

  6. 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]

  7. Navajo medicine - Wikipedia

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    However, modern day residents within the Navajo Nation have incorporated contemporary medicine into their society with the establishment of Western hospitals and clinics on the reservation over the last century. In addition, medicine and healing are deeply tied with religious and spiritual beliefs, taking on a form of shamanism.

  8. Navajo Nation - Wikipedia

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    The Navajo Nation is served by various print media operations. The Navajo Times used to be published as the Navajo Times Today. Created by the Navajo Nation Council in 1959, it has been privatized. It continues to be the newspaper of record for the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Times is the largest Native American-owned newspaper company in the ...

  9. Why some Navajo community members oppose a plan to extract ...

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    The Navajo Nation Council is considering lease agreements for helium exploration, but community members are opposed, citing a lack of transparency. Why some Navajo community members oppose a plan ...