Where The Navajos Live **http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/images/navajo.gif** geographic ·Believed holy people created them ·Placed them on earth ·Emerged through the reed ·Journeyed through the underworld ( black, blue, and yellow world) ·Finally came to present world, northwest new Mexico ·The holy people took form of wind, rain, thunder, lightning and snow ·Designated four sacred mountains oSierra Blanca Peak oMount Taylor oSan Francisco Peaks oLa Platas. ·Shii’kayah (My home)- what the Navajos call this landscape of valleys, plains, and mountains which they live.
First Peoples of North America- Rayna Green- A Groundwood Book
Where The Navajos Live
**http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/images/navajo.gif**
geographic
· Believed holy people created them
· Placed them on earth
· Emerged through the reed
· Journeyed through the underworld ( black, blue, and yellow world)
· Finally came to present world, northwest new Mexico
· The holy people took form of wind, rain, thunder, lightning and snow
· Designated four sacred mountains
o Sierra Blanca Peak
o Mount Taylor
o San Francisco Peaks
o La Platas.
· Shii’kayah (My home)- what the Navajos call this landscape of valleys, plains, and mountains which they live.
First Peoples of North America- Rayna Green- A Groundwood Book