Archives for January 2013

Ruth Roessel, Navajo Educator (Video)

January 31, 2013 by

Ruth Roessel, an educator and founder of the Rough Rock Community School in Rough Rock, Arizona on the Navajo Nation.

In addition, Ruth and her husband, Bob Roessel, are credited with helping to found Navajo Community College in the 1960s– Now Diné College.

Ruth Roessel with Navajo Rug

Photo by Tom Grier/Navajo Oral History Project.

She was director of Native American Studies at Rough Rock Community School and a principal at Round Rock Elementary School. She was active in the American Federation of Teachers, Navajo Women’s Association, North American Indian Women’s Association, and the Arizona Women in Higher Education.

Ruth Roessel Interview Navajo Oral History Project

 Photo by Tom Grier/Navajo Oral History Project.

Ruth Roessel with her husband Bob Roessel are remembered for their work and dedication that led to the founding of both the Rough Rock Demonstration School in 1966 and Navajo Community College, now Diné College, in 1968.

 

Ruth Roessel, Navajo Educator in Office

Photo by Tom Grier/Navajo Oral History Project.

She and her husband were devoted to helping the Navajo people maintain their cultural identity, know their history, embrace the Navajo language, and treat others with respect and k’e.

Books by Ruth W. Roessel:

Navajo livestock reduction : a national disgrace
Navajo stories of the long walk period
Navajo studies at Navajo Community College
Papers on Navajo culture and life
Women in Navajo society

Ruth Roessel died in april of 2012 in Cortez, Colorado, after a brief illness. She was 77.

 

This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Diné College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2009.

It contains stories Harry Walters of Cove, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life.

This documentary film is archived at the Navajo Nation Museum, Navajo Nation Library, Winona State University Library, and Diné College Library, and will be archived at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.

The film is part of the Navajo Oral History project, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State UniversityMass Communication Department and Diné College– The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation

 

Navajo People Website Links:

Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

 

 

 

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Betatakin, Arizona(Navajo Site) Video

January 30, 2013 by

 


Title: Betatakin, Arizona (Navajo site)
Creator: Fritz Lang
Subject: Motion picture
Description: 16 millimeter motion picture reel, filmed by Fritz Lang as he toured the Southwest of the United States, 1938-1953
Publisher: University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center
Date Original: 1938-circa 1940s
Time: 8 minutes, 16 seconds


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Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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Navajo Group with Wagon; Lees Ferry, Arizona

January 30, 2013 by

Navajo Group with Wagon; Lees Ferry, ArizonaPhoto of  a Navajo Group with Wagon near Lees Ferry, Arizona

Photographer: Palmer, William R., 1877-1960
Subject: Indians of North America Navajo
Date Original: 1936
Photo’s courtesy of: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University


Navajo People Website Links:
Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language–Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food– Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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It Is Twisted – Navajo String Game

January 29, 2013 by

It Is Twisted - Navajo String Game

It Is Twisted
The Star Story made my mother think of the string game, ” It-Is-Twisted.”
She said that the Spider People gave it to us to use in winter evenings.
My mother showed us how to make the game.
She made Twin-Stars and Many-Stars, Big-Star and Horned-Star with pieces of string.

It Is Twisted-txt

 

More Navajo Language Lessons


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Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

 

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Three Navajo Children with Dog.

January 28, 2013 by

Title: Young Navajo Traders

 

Young Navajo traders 1940

Three Navajo Children with Dog. One holding Navajo Rug

Date: 1940’s
Photo: By William R Palmer, 1877-1960
Photo’s courtesy of: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University
Identifier: ph1b2f3i196.jpg

 


Navajo People Website Links:
Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language–Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food– Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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Story Telling – Navajo Language Lesson

January 26, 2013 by

 

Story Telling - Navajo Language Lesson

1-NAHANI'

STORY TELLING
Then my father tell us stories.
Long stories made up of many words.
His words have power.
They have strength.
They seem to hold me.
They seem to warm me.
They seem to feed me.
My father’s words, they comfort me.
His words have power.

 

More Navajo Language Lessons

Navajo People Website Links:
Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

 

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Navajo Girl and Boy on Donkey 1930’s

January 26, 2013 by

Navajo Girl and Boy on Donkey 1930's

Photographer Davis, Glenn A.

Photo’s courtesy of: Utah State Historical Society
Subject: American Indians (Native Americans: Navajos)
Source donors: Kelly, Charles
Photo Number: No. 14446

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Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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Build a Fire – Navajo Language Lesson

January 24, 2013 by

They will build a fire to melt snow into water to give to the sheep
My father blows on his hands to warm them

Build a Fire - Navajo Language Lesson

They will build a fire to melt snow into water to give to the sheep.
It takes much wood to make a fire to melt snow into water,
but if the sheep have water to drink they do not hunger so much.

My father blows on his hands to warm them.
His breath looks like smoke.
My father shreds juniper bark to start the outdoor fire.
He takes a lighted stick from our fire. ‘
He takes it outside..
He puts it under the bark and the dry wood, and kneeling down he blows on it.
Soon a small flame comes

Source : “Little Herder in the Winter” by Ann Clark 1940
Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie
Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

Navajo People Website Links:
Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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Harry Walters – Navajo Historian (Video)

January 23, 2013 by

Harry Walters is an archaeologist, teacher and was the Diné College historical museum director.

Much of his life’s work and is going to preserve the Navajo Culture.


Source: Tom Grier’s YouTube Channel – Navajo Oral History Project

One of his greatest achievements was the creation of the Navajo Community College
Historical Museum. He also created the artefacts collection, audio visual and education program.
Harry also helped design the curriculum for the center of Diné studies.
studies

This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Diné College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2009.

It contains stories Harry Walters of Cove, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life.

This documentary film is archived at the Navajo Nation Museum, Navajo Nation Library, Winona State University Library, and Diné College Library, and will be archived at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.

The film is part of the Navajo Oral History project, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State University Mass Communication Department and Diné College— The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation

 

Navajo People Website Links:

Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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The Dogs are Hungry – Navajo Language Lesson

January 22, 2013 by

The Dogs are Hungry - Navajo Language Lesson

THE DOGS ARE HUNGRY
The dogs are hungry, too.
They crowd in the hogan.
The black one is not sleeping now.
He lies with his head t on his paws and looks at nothing.
The yellow one whimpers.
He has worked hard, but there is no food.

Source : “Little Herder in the Winter” by Ann Clark 1940

Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie

Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

The Four Navajo Sacred Mountains

Mount Blanca (Tsisnaasjini’ – Dawn or White Shell Mountain – East
Mount Taylor (Tsoodzil – Blue Bead or Turquoise Mountain) – South
San Francisco Peaks (Doko’oosliid – Abalone Shell Mountain) – West
Mount Hesperus Dibé Nitsaa (Big Mountain Sheep) – Obsidian Mountain – North

Navajo People Website Links:

Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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