As the women worked, men would perform a lighthearted song like this to keep the women in good spirits
Agriculture. ·Through raids on the Spanish, Navajo acquired sheep and goat. ·By 1700 sheep herding was a central focus oSheep for meat ·Corn ·Baked broiled oEaten fresh oMade into cornmeal oTortillas oTamales oSoups oMushes ·beans ·maize ·and squash orecognized as a staple food oslices or circular cut osun/ fire dried okept down weed growth ocover to dry soil ·men hunted deer, antelope, and small game ·women gathered nuts, fruits, and herbs ·Mainly women did the gathering ·Most important plants ·Mescal plant oCore of leaves that resembles artichoke heart oSeparated from plant oBaked in rock-lined underground ovens oDried in sun and stored oSimilar to squash ·Pinon nuts oGrows in a the pine cones oRoasted oShelled oGround into flour ·Bread , soups ·Berries, seeds, leaves ·Used each plant to its fullest ·Stored for later ·Sun major food preserver ·Dry caves, storage oSeal opening with rocks oCover in mud and dirt to conceal opening ·First people to get horses ·Blankets textiles
Econemy ·Navajos followed the matrilineal rule. oFollowed mothers side of the family ·Organized the families into clans oOver sixty Navajo clans ·Each Navajo child is a member of his or her mother’s clan ·When a Navajo wants to get married, they must choose someone who is not a member his mother or fathers clan ·Families often got together and helped each other out oBy; planting or harvesting, or moving herds or flocks oCalled an outfit ·Family is very important ·Large families stay together ·Head mother ·Share a large flock of sheep ·Share a area of range land where their sheep graze ·Impossible to separate religion from everyday life ·Everything is connected to religious belief ·Good and evil in the world oLies within everyone ·When someone dies, the evil in them becomes a dangerous ghost From the book: The Apaches and Navajos. By: Craig A. Doherty, and Katherine M. Doherty
As the women worked, men would perform a lighthearted song like this to keep the women in good spirits
Agriculture.
· Through raids on the Spanish, Navajo acquired sheep and goat.
· By 1700 sheep herding was a central focus
o Sheep for meat
· Corn
· Baked broiled
o Eaten fresh
o Made into cornmeal
o Tortillas
o Tamales
o Soups
o Mushes
· beans
· maize
· and squash
o recognized as a staple food
o slices or circular cut
o sun/ fire dried
o kept down weed growth
o cover to dry soil
· men hunted deer, antelope, and small game
· women gathered nuts, fruits, and herbs
· Mainly women did the gathering
· Most important plants
· Mescal plant
o Core of leaves that resembles artichoke heart
o Separated from plant
o Baked in rock-lined underground ovens
o Dried in sun and stored
o Similar to squash
· Pinon nuts
o Grows in a the pine cones
o Roasted
o Shelled
o Ground into flour
· Bread , soups
· Berries, seeds, leaves
· Used each plant to its fullest
· Stored for later
· Sun major food preserver
· Dry caves, storage
o Seal opening with rocks
o Cover in mud and dirt to conceal opening
· First people to get horses
· Blankets textiles
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From the book: The Apaches and Navajos. By: Craig A. Doherty, and Katherine M. Doherty
Econemy
· Navajos followed the matrilineal rule.
o Followed mothers side of the family
· Organized the families into clans
o Over sixty Navajo clans
· Each Navajo child is a member of his or her mother’s clan
· When a Navajo wants to get married, they must choose someone who is not a member his mother or fathers clan
· Families often got together and helped each other out
o By; planting or harvesting, or moving herds or flocks
o Called an outfit
· Family is very important
· Large families stay together
· Head mother
· Share a large flock of sheep
· Share a area of range land where their sheep graze
· Impossible to separate religion from everyday life
· Everything is connected to religious belief
· Good and evil in the world
o Lies within everyone
· When someone dies, the evil in them becomes a dangerous ghost
From the book: The Apaches and Navajos. By: Craig A. Doherty, and Katherine M. Doherty