Contents Homelands 4 Society 6 Homes 8 Food 10 Clothing 12 Crafts 14 Family 16 Children 18 Medicine People 20 War 22 Contact with Europeans 24 Barboncito 26 The Navajo Today 28 Glossary 30 Online Resources 31 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 Homelands Over one thousand years ago the Navajo and their Apache relatives lived in northern Canada and Alaska Over time they moved south Some traveled east of the Rocky Mountains Some went through present-day Nevada and Utah Most eventually arrived in the deserts of northern New Mexico and Arizona The Navajo call themselves Diné It means the people 4
Monument Valley Tribal Park is part of the Navajo Nation It sits on the border of Arizona and Utah
