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__**A blanket made by a Navajo person using the pattern called //Moqui// .**__ [|**http://www.navajotextiles.com/history.htm**] __** Dwellings  **__    ·   Called Hogan’s ·  Made of mud and logs  ·   Look like wooden igloos ·  Blanket covered doorway ·  Doorway faces east ·  No windows ·  Circular shape- represents the sun ·  Centre of the roof was a smoke hole ·  Had no furniture ·  Families slept on sheepskins on the floor ·  Belonging kept in baskets hanging from the roof beams ·  Families usually had several Hogan’s in different places for uses at different times of the year ·  blessing are sought when new homes were built


 * __From the book North American Indians, by: Herman j. Viola__**

 ·   a holy person named Spider Woman taught the Navajos how to weave ·  gave them instructions for building the looms ·  Anthropologists believe that the Navajo learned to weave from their Pueblo Indian neighbours ·  most important change was the introduction of wool. ·  **Churro ** sheep ·  Navajo adopted wool and became a sheep-herding society ·  Navajo weaving was nearly identical to Pueblo weaving ·  Weavers drew their colors primarily from the natural wool ·  Navajo weavers made yellow dyes from native plants, and sometimes combined them with indigo to make green ·  The //Moqui // pattern consisted of alternating stripes of indigo and natural brown ·  Turquoise has been used with jewelry by the Navajo for hundreds of years ·  Navajo music is always vocal, with instruments ·  holy songs, are the complex and comprehensive spiritual literature of the Navajo ·   personal, patriotic, daily work, recreation, jokes, and less sacred ceremonial songs are considered popular music ·  children's songs are usually about animals, such as pets and livestock ·  includes anything in a child's daily life ·  if the child cries, the mother will sing to it   ·   songs are a major part of Navajo culture **__Wikipedia, last modified on 5 May 2009__**[|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people**]
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 * __Wikipedia, last modified on 16 March 2009__**[|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_music**]