The Navajo Nation Government (A Nation within a Nation)
The Navajo Nation consists of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The Navajoland is larger than 10 of the 50 states in America. Navajo Nation is the name of a sovereign Native American established by the Dine (1). To be en-enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe, the person requesting to be enrolled has to have a blood-quantum of one-fourth degree Indian blood. When you have one-fourth blood quantum, you get a Certificate of Indian Blood (C.I.B). In comparison some tribes require only one-thirty-second blood quantum for the Certificate of Indian Blood. The Navajo Nation Tribal Council voted down a proposal to reduce the blood quantum to one-eighth. With this proposal the Navajo Nation would have doubled the number of individuals qualified to be enrolled Navajo tribal members. Navajos define the territorial boundaries that the nation controls and define the membership by boundaries of the population that comprises the nation. The Navajos are unique in their own way; we have so many traditions, beliefs, values and teachings among out people.
The Navajo Nation has four-sacred mountains- these mountains are Mount Blanca (Dawn or White Shell Mountain) of the East, Mount Taylor (Blue Bead or Turquoise Mountain) of the South, San Francisco Peaks (Abalone Shell Mountain) of the West, and Mount Hesperus (Big Mountain Sheep) of the North. The Navajo Nation Flag consist a drawing of the sacred mountains with a rainbow over these mountains. The rainbow is a symbol of Navajo Sovereignty.
In History the Navajos have Four Worlds-the black, blue, yellow and white.
First/Black World:
The beginning of time. In the First World, there lived various spiritual beings. They were given Navajo ...
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www.navajocourts.org/publicguide.htm
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Wilkins E., David: The Navajo Political Experience, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC. 2003
As Din4 people (Navajo people) our community is known as “The home Chief Manuelito’s Wife”. Chief Manuelito was a head Dine chief during the Long Walk period in 1864. In the year of 1868 Manuelito and other leaders signed a treaty act to end the period of imprisonment. Also, during this time the Navajo reservations were established. Tohatchi was one of the many communities that were established on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo reservation spreads across New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The Navajo Nation is known for being the largest tribe (Discovernavajo 2015). Tohatchi is located in McKinley County.
The Navajo creation story explains that medicine was brought to the people by an ancient owl. This owl sent down a magic bundle containing the powers of healing to the new world. For thousands of years Navajo people have used this knowledge to heal and live in harmony with each other. As a product of two worlds, Dr. Lori Alvord was one of the first people to combine modern medicine with Navajo beliefs by overcoming cultural differences.
This episode of "30 Days" Morgan Spurlock travels to a Navajo Indian reservation in an attempt to experience modern Native American life. While on the reservation he wants to know it if it’s a link to the past; a cultural escape, or is it simple a place time, and the rest of the world forgot.
Only about 20 Navajos served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines. The Navajo soldier,
The Board of Indian Commissioners was a committee that advised the United States federal government on Native American policy. The committee also had the purpose to inspect the supplies that were delivered to Indian reservations to ensure that the government fulfilled the treat obligations to tribes. The committee was established by congress on April 10th, 1869, and authorized the President of the United States to organize a board of ten or less people to oversee all aspect of Native American policy. President Ulysses S. Grant wanted to come up with a new policy, which would be more humane, with Native American tribes. The policy would be known as the Peace Policy, which aimed to be free of political corruption. This policy was prominent on
Throughout ancient history, many indigenous tribes and cultures have shown a common trait of being hunter/gatherer societies, relying solely on what nature had to offer. The geographical location influenced all aspects of tribal life including, spirituality, healing philosophy and healing practices. Despite vast differences in the geographical location, reports show various similarities relating to the spirituality, healing philosophy and healing practices of indigenous tribal cultures.
Wheelwright, M. (1942). Navajo Creation Myth. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. 1. Santa Fe: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art.
To understand the effort and significance of these works, first one must understand its people. The Navajo are thought to be descendants from the people known as the Athabascan's, who migrated from Northwest of Canada and Alaska to the American Southwest around 1200 to 1500 CE . In the 16th century the Spanish conquistadors appeared in the Southwest and by the late 16th century began to subdue many of the native Pueblo people. It was because of this that many of the Pueblo people migrated westward into Navajo territory. Prior to this the Navajo had types of weaving. It is thought that they adopted weaving as well as some agricultural and ceremonial practices from these Pueblo people. This newly adopted craft was further changed with the introduction of sheep brought in by the Spanish .
John Farella. The Main Stalk: A synthesis of Navajo Philosophy. Navajo Religion. (Tuschon: University of Arizona Press, 1984)
The marriage practices for the Navajo Indians are very unique. The bride must be bought with horses, sheep, or other valuable items. What many Navajo Indians used to use in the 40’s were love potions. These love potions include many plants and herbs in them, and were used to make someone fall in love with someone else. In many traditions for Navajo weddings they used a lot of plants and herbs. After the wedding ceremony they would have a big feast. The main food at the feast was always corn.
...ar spiritual and resource significance to the Hopi and Navajo. Both of these nations claim ancestral religious rights to the mountain. In the Hopi worldview, Katsinas (spiritual beings responsible for bringing rain and maintaining social and ceremonial order) live on the mountain, to which select tribe members make periodic pilgrimages for visiting sacred shrines. To the Navajo, the mountain is a physical manifestation of sacred forces and also a home to spiritual beings. Both tribes approach the mountain with the utmost respect, and only for ceremony or collection of medicinal plants.
12. Web). Most people think that Native Americans are in a small group yet, they take a number in the United States. The Navajo Times on the 7th of July 2011 had information, that there were 300,048 people who declared themselves as Navajo (Mislav. 12. Web). Some people get mixed up with Navajo, Zuni, Sioux and many more tribes because we are in one category. Most people call us Native Americans, but we are individually called Navajo, Zuni, Sioux, and my more. Many tribes have their own way of doing a puberty ceremony because not all tribes are the
Before Montana was a state, before it was even part of the Dakota and Idaho territories, and before Lewis and Clark traveled through region on their way to the Pacific, Montana was inhabited by seven Indian tribes. On the Great Plains, there were the Blackfoot Indians, the Crow Indians, the Assiniboine Indians, and the Northern Cheyenne Indians. In the Rocky Mountains, the three main tribes were the Salish Indians, Kootenai Indians, and Pend d’Oreilles (pond-oray) Indians which would later makeup of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, the three tribes are also known as just as the Flathead Indians. Much of the history of Montanan Indian tribes before American expansion into the region is fairly vague because of the lack of a written language. However, we have been able to learn much about them with passing of stories and...
In the 30 years after the Civil War, although government policy towards Native Americans intended to shift from forced separation to integration into American society, attempts to "Americanize" Indians only hastened the death of their culture and presence in the America. The intent in the policy, after the end of aggression, was to integrate Native Americans into American society. Many attempts at this were made, ranging from offering citizenship to granting lands to Indians. All of these attempts were in vain, however, because the result of this policies is much the same as would be the result of continued agression.
When the Constitution of the United States of America was signed and ratified the people had a self sustaining government made up of three equal, but distinct, branches. The legislative branch, made up of a House of Representatives and Senate; The executive branch, which includes the President, Vice President, and the executive cabinet members; Finally, the judicial branch, consisting of the state and federal courts. The framers believed that all three branches in theory, would work together to govern not only for the good of the people, but for the good of the states, and the nation as a whole. Similarly to today, the framers had two camps that held different ideologies as to how a government should execute its policies. The Federalists stood for a strong central government, and the Anti-Federalists stood for individual and states rights. After much intense debate, the two sides were able to come together to settle their differences. Above all, the framers wanted to ensure that the government could never gain enough power to ever become the tyrannical force that they had broken away from under English rule. In the framers eyes, the three branch government would effectively deal with the balance of power by providing oversight for each other, and by holding each branch accountable for their actions and policies.