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Traditionally, the Navajo are matrilineal and matrilocal. That means you belong to your mother's clan. You are said to be "born for" your father's clan. In older times your mother's brother was the one who would teach you and scold you. Matrilocal means a man moves to the wife's land and house when they are married. The property, except for personal property like clothes and horse belonged to the wife and her mother. If they separated he got nothing and would have to leave.
That being said, "control" is an idea that was not valued in Navajo culture. It is very individualistic. Even mothers sometimes often don't tell a young child to stop doing something that might be dangerous. It is seen as an infringement on autonomy. In traditional Navajo creation stories the primal mistake that people make (unlike the garden of eden story) it that men and women argue over who it more important. The argument leads to separation and bad things come into the world as a result. The universe is seen a being made of dynamically balanced male and female forces. It one gets too strong or they fight it is seen as bad. Even one's own body has a male (left) and female side (right), colors and directions, rivers and mountains all have gender.
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Which Indian culture practiced crop rotation Apache Navajo or Pueblo?
the were christian
How did white people treat the Navajo tribe before 1700?
The first recorded contact between the Spanish and the Navajo was in 1583 near Mt Taylor. The Navajo name for the Spanish is Nakai, meaning "one who wanders around". The Spanish claimed but never really controlled the Navajo territory so there was not a lot of direct contact except in towns and Pueblos in what is now New Mexico. The Spanish had a large demand for Native American slaves. Navajo were captured by the Spanish or by other tribes and sold in markets in Santa Fe. Slaves were sent as far south as the silver mines in Mexico. Navajo women were in demand as weavers as well. By the late 1700s it is estimated that 66% of all Navajo had some family member who was a slave. The Navajo aided in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 which killed 400 Spaniards. They gave shelter in 1692-3 to some of the Pueblo people when the Spanish returned. Quite a few Navajo clans come from this period of mixing.
What do the Navajos speak?
The Navajo language, which is called Diné bizaad in Navajo. It is in the larger Athabascan language family and that is part of Na-Dene family. Similar to how Spanish and Italian are Romance languages and English, Spanish, Russian and Hindi are in the Indo-European family. About 60-70% of the 300,000 Navajo speak it. Most as speak English as well. A few only speak Navajo, mainly older people or very young in remote areas. About a third only speak English.
Which direction would you travel from a Navajo village to trade with the Powhatan people?
This would not have happened. The Powhatan people were in what is now Virginia. The Navajo were, and are, in the modern states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The Navajo also did not live in villages. They lived in family groups sort of how a ranch family might live today. However, to do this fictional trip you would travel east.
How is Navajo culture today similar to the early Navajo culture?
The Navajo have a remarkable ability to assimilate new ideas and technologies and make them Navajo. We believe the early Athabascan ancestors of the Navajo were hunter gatherers when they entered the Southwest probably about 900 years ago. By the 1300s or so they were growing corn, beans and squash and weaving cotton and making pottery. By the 1600s they were increasingly raising sheep and goats and weaving wool. In the 1700s they began to make silver jewelry. Large numbers, as percentage, served in the US military in the 20th century. Today there are 300,000 Navajo and they do almost every conceivable job. The Navajo have changed in many more ways but these are some of the outlines. Through it all, as far back as we can know, the four sacred mountains, Changing Woman, pollen, and the concept of Hózhǫ́ has been important.
What is the culture of the Navajo?
Navajo culture, just like Germans have German culture and people in Japan have Japanese culture.
What was the family organization of the Navajo?
The Navajo were single-family organizations.
Are the Navajo's and the pueblos the sames thing?
No, their language and culture and lifestyles were quite different.
Which Indian culture practiced crop rotation Apache Navajo or Pueblo?
the were christian
How is Navajo culture similar to the early Navajo culture?
Much of Navajo culture is the same even though it has gradually changed. Many things that are new to the Navajo become "Navajo-ized". For example working with silver came from the Spanish long ago but the patterns and aesthetics are very Navajo with fourfold symmetry and stones that have traditional religious/philosophical meanings. Weaving probably came from the Pueblo peoples and yet the themes are very Navajo. Even the word for car is not borrowed but from how the first model T's sounded- "Chidi", from chidi, chidi, chidi. Many Navajo live very modern "American" lives, but many others still have sheep and grow corn. Many still speak the Navajo language and many practice the traditional religion. For example, many people have a " first laugh" ceremony for their baby. Traditional philosophy is alive and well on the Navajo Nation
What are the release dates for Navajo Cops - 2011 Family Feuds 1-4?
Navajo Cops - 2011 Family Feuds 1-4 was released on: USA: 2 April 2012
In what aspect of culture is the close relationship between the Navajo and Pueblo people most obvious?
art
What is a cell culture and how can a cell culture be useful to biologists?
A cell culture is where cells are grown under controlled conditions.
What is a cell culture how can cell culture be useful to biologists?
A cell culture is where cells are grown under controlled conditions.
What is a cell culture how can A cell culture be useful to biologist?
A cell culture is where cells are grown under controlled conditions.
What is a male controlled culture called?
A Patriarchal Society.
Is transmitting the culture a function of the family?
yes transmitting the culture is a family function
