Possessions – Navajo Language Lesson

March 25, 2013 by
Possessions - Navajo Language Lesson
POSSESSIONS
We have many things.
My mother has many sheep,  and goats, and her hogan, and the things, of the hogan, and me.

My father has many horses.
On his land he has many horses.
He has a wagon near the horse corral.

Inside my mother’s hogan my father keeps his gun, and outside he hangs hissheepskin and his saddle and his blanket.

And I have my mother and my father, three baby lambs and a cat with a long tail.
Behind my mother’s hogan is Beautiful Mountain.

It is mine, I know, because always it is looking at me to make me happy.
We have many things. All of us have many things.

We have many things. My mother has many sheep and goats and her hogan and the things of the hogan and me.

 Source : “Little Herder ” by Ann Clark 1940

Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie
Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

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Breakfast – Little Herder Story

March 20, 2013 by

Breakfast – Navajo Language Lesson

 

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Breakfast

On the fire in the middle of the hogan, my mother cooks food.
My mother makes fried bread and coffee, and she cooks mutton over the coals.

 

My father and I and mother, we sit on the floor together, and we eat the good food that my mother has cooked for us.

We have many things. My mother has many sheep and goats and her hogan and the things of the hogan and me.

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

Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie
Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

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Navajo Divorce Bread – Video

March 9, 2013 by

Navajo Custom of Not Eating Bread Ends

This is a short video blog about the old Navajo concept of eating the “Divorce Bread” or the bread ends of a loaf of bread. Navajos say that if you eat the bread ends, “Haa’didoolyéél, your spouse will get stolen from you.” Essentially, the concept is:

Éí ííníyáa’go naa’didoolyéél.
(If you eat it, your woman or man will get stolen)

I also share the concept that you never get more than what you need. If a person has a piece of bread & reaches for another, they say, “Dichin hwiilhééh! Hunger will kill one!” It’s also the same concept if you get more than what you need of anything, or, “Té’é’í hwiilhééh! Poverty will kill!” Essentially, the meaning is simple, overindulgence is not good.

Where the concept of divorce bread comes from, I don’t know. I tried to ask several people but they don’t know. The purpose of this video is just to mention that & share that little history of older Navajo belief. If you know why, post it! If you don’t want to, that’s fine too! Enjoy! 🙂

Courtesy of Daybreak Warrior
His YouTube Channel

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The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson

March 4, 2013 by

The Sing - Navajo Language Lesson

 

THE SING

There is a new hogan built just for the Sing.

There are some shelters built just for the Sing, and at one side is the Cook Shade where all kinds of foods are cooking.

 

The Sing

There is a new hogan built just for the Sing.

There are some shelters built just for the Sing, and at one side is the Cook Shade where all kinds of foods are cooking.

It will be’a long time before the night sky bends down and the stars hang low and the supper fires of the camping people of the night.
Our wagon comes within the circles of supper, comes within the circle of fire 1ight, and I see all the People who have come to the Sing.

There are many People here. There are many horses here. There are many wagons here. There is one truck. It makes me happy to see all of the People walking around.

It makes me happy to see all the colors that there are in the skirts of the women, in the shirts of the men, and in the blankets, that all the People wear.

I can see the horses, all the horses. I can see a race horse that belongs to a man my uncle knows.

After the Sing is over, the men will race their horses.

My father will bet which horse will win.

And then perhaps he will win a a better concho belt than, the one he has in pawn to the Trader.

There is a new hogan built just for the Sing. There are some shelters built just for the Sing, and at one side is the Cook Shade where all kinds of foods are cooking.

The smell of food makes me happy,.

I think it is good to be happy when food is near.

 

 

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

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Going To The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson

February 25, 2013 by

Going To The Sing - Navajo Language Lesson

GOING TO THE SING
My father goes for dry wood.
He has to go to the foothills to get it.
My mother cooks bread and meat.
sit by the door in the sunshine and think about the Sing.

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

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Sleep – Navajo Language Lesson

February 14, 2013 by

Sleep - Navajo Language Lesson

 

SLEEP
Lying on my blanket bed on the floor of the hogan,I say to myself
over and over, “If the sun shines tomorrow we will go to the Sing.”

 

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

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Supper – Navajo Language Lesson

February 9, 2013 by

Supper - Navajo Language Lesson

SUPPER

Now we ore eating the good food. We eat slowly.
We eat a long time. The hunger I pain is gone.
It went somewhere, but I ‘do not know when it left so quickly.

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

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Father Comes Back – Navajo Language Lesson

February 6, 2013 by

Father Comes Back - Navajo Language Lesson

 

Father Comes Back
We hear my father singing as he rides along the snowy trail.
My grandmother goes to her hogan and my mother and 1, we stand together, laughing.
We stand together outside our door, happy because my father comes back again

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

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Shoveling Snow – Navajo Language Lesson

February 1, 2013 by

Shoveling Snow - Navajo Language Lesson

I help my mother shovel snow.
We make a path to the sheep corral and to my grandmother’s hogan.
I The snow, so soft to feel is hard to shovel.

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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.

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