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There are many interesting facts about the Navajo Indian heritage, culture, and chiefs.

One fact about chiefs is that chiefs were chosen by a tribal council. A chief was a leader in the tribe and only men were able to be chiefs.

The Navajo, or the Diné, are family oriented. Most of their traditions and games were developed because of their love for the land. They have many ceremonies and rituals, in fact, almost every act of their lives is is a ceremony. Ceremonies include 9 day ceremonies for the treatment of ills, mental and physical; ceremonies for planting of crops; ceremonies for the building of a hogan.

Sandpainting, songs, and prayers are part of the ceremonies. Color is also important and each color has several different symbolic meanings. Colors can define the direction or the time of day.

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The are over 300,000 members of the Navajo Nation today. It is over 27,000 square miles over three states, about the size of Belgium and Holland put together.

Europeans have been in contact with the Navajo since 1540, almost 500 years.

Customs have changed over time and like any large group are different in different places and times. They have many, many customs.

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The second largest Native American tribe culture of North America..

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we are nice, traditional, religious, & like to make rezzed out jokes which is funny. if you get it.

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