Climate+and+Geographic+Locations

rough draft __ Climates and geographic locations __ From: [] -Navajo nation currently in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico -covers 27,000 square miles -larger than 10 of the 50 US states Iverson, Peter. "Navajo." //Encyclopedia Americana//. 2009. Grolier Online. 11 Apr. 2009 . -strong cultural ties to this area and geographic location affected stories and mythology -traditional stories about four sacred mountains (each associated with a direction, colour and season) -This land between these mountains are the traditional homes of the Navajo These mountains are: East: Blanca Peak ( Sis Naajini) South: Mount Taylor (Tsoodzil) West: San Francisco Peaks (Dook’o’oosliid) North: Mount Hesperus (Dibé Nitsaa) Another significant mountain was the Gobernador Knob (Ch'ool'i'i) where the cultural figure The Changing Woman was found -thought mountains had been placed there for themselves -had responsibility to care for them and the wildlife around them