Elizabeth+Perryman's+Essay

 The Navajos are an Indian tribe occupying the South-Western part of the United States. Navajos refer to themselves as //Dineh//, meaning "the people." The Navajos came to the United States from and Canada, between the l3OO's and the 1600's. Navajos are a unique and powerful tribe, they have established their own ways of living, and techniques used day to day. From the houses they live in, called Hogan’s, which are made of mud, and have no windows. To their unique blankets, which they learned to make from their Pueblo neighbours. The Navajos are an independent and self sufficient and have made their own name to be recognized. For these reasons we can learn much from the Navajos. **  The Navajos were great fighters. They made and used their own weaponry, to fight their wars. They mostly fought with bows and aero, made out of Mulberry, Locust, Maple, or Oak, and the bowstring was usually made out of deer sinew. They took pride in their weapons, and made decretive case, for their bows and aero. The Navajos fought in a series of battles,  which started in the early seventeenth century, and continued through 1856. **[] __Wikipedia, modified on 25 February 2009__**__.__ In 1846 many Navajos were forced to leave their homeland and travel by foot to a reservation called Bosque Redondo. They were then imprisoned for four years until they signed treaty in 1868, and were allowed to go back to a portion of their homeland. **__Iverson, Peter. "Navajo." //Encyclopedia Americana //. 2009. Grolier Online. 11 Apr. 2009 <[[[]__**__.__ And rejoin the Navajos who escaped imprisonment.  When a Navajo person got ill, the Navajos people would perform a ceremony on the sick person. Hataalii (medicine man) would create a sand painting. When it was a daytime healing sand painting begun in the morning, and then ceremony is performed, and sand painting is destroyed before sunset. And for a night time healing, the sand painting was created after the sunset, and destroyed before the sun rise. They used herbal medicines, sang healing songs, and appropriate chants were chanted. __**From the book: The Apaches and Navajos. By: Craig A. Doherty, and Katherine M. Doherty ****. **__** This ceremony seemed to work, because the Navajos are recognized as the largest native tribe in the United States. **  **__Legends of America, 2003-2009__** **__[|****http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-Navajo.html****]. __** The Navajos are excellent farmers. They raised corn, maize, beans and squash. The men hunted deer, antelope, and small game, while the women would collect nuts, and berries. Through raids on the Spanish, the Navajos acquired sheep, and goats. That not the only thing they have gotten from their neighbours. They also learned to weave, from their pueblo neighbours. They adopted wool, and became a sheep herding society. Their blankets are worth a lot of money now a days. And they are high in demand. The houses in which they live were unique to them. They were called Hogan’s. They were made out of mud, and logs, and looked like wooden igloos. There were no windows, and the door faced east, because that is where they believed the gods came from. There was no furniture, so the families slept on sheepskin on the floor. **__ **From the book North American Indians, by: Herman j. Viola ** __   The Navajos are such a successful tribe, because they are not like any other tribe. They have their own beliefs and ways of living. They used the land they were given, to their fullest and learned to adapt to their surroundings. We can learn from their struggles, that the Navajos are an important tribe, and we can learn much from them. 
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