Archives for April 2012

Navajo “Baby Names” & Navajo Naming Concepts (Video)

April 25, 2012 by

Video by Terry Teller (Daybreak Warrior)

Terry says:
“I get e-mails and YouTube messages saying, “I am having a baby and want to give my child a Navajo name. Can I name them such & such?” Or, “How do you translate this into Navajo for a Navajo name?” It’s kind of hard because although you’ll have a name written all cool, you may not be pronouncing it correctly or it may not flow with the general concepts that go behind the “typical” traditional Navajo names.”

 

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Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan

April 18, 2012 by

Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan.Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan.

Rights Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library

Native American (Navajo) woman and child sit inside a brush-covered summer hogan.

The woman holds a large piece of cloth; the child looks at a sheepskin. Sheepskins, a blanket, and other fur pelts lie on the floor.

Others hang from a wooden pole placed horizontally along the wooden pole and brush-covered walls of the hogan.

A pair of dark pants, possibly a dark shirt, and a leather ammunition belt hang from one of the horizontal poles. Date: 1908.

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