First Navajo Clans Lesson

Navajo Language Lesson and  Video

Video for Language Lesson 10 Clans
Presenter Clayton Long

Navajo Language Lesson links

Clayton Long – Instructor
Clayton Long YouTube Channel
Navajo Language Lessons Page
Navajo Language Lessons YouTube Channel
Navajo People Language Page
Heritage Language Resource Center
Harold Carey Jr – Computer Teacher

The Navajo Clan Wheel can be used with the Navajo Clan Legends Poster and the Clan Legends book.

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Navajo Clan Legends Poster

Display the traditional Narrative depicting the way in which Changing Woman created the Four Original Clans. Mountains, plants, Clan Journey Stories, and Protection Animals associated with the Clans.

This beautiful poster was created from illustrations by Theresa Breznau. Changing Woman is at the center, encircled by a rainbow yei and framed by the four sacred mountains. The four original clans, Bitterwater, Mud people, Towering House, and One Walks Around You, their associations and descriptions, surround the rainbow. The posters are in full-color and laminated.

This poster can be used with the Navajo Clan Wheel and the Clan Legends book.

Laminated on heavy cardstock.

This poster can be purchased in two sizes:

11? x 17? – $2.00
18? x 22? – $6.00

Ordering Information

San Juan School District
Heritage Language Resource Center
28 West 200 North
Phone: 435-678-1230
FAX: 435-678-1283
Store Hours: 9:00 – 4:30
Monday through Thursday
Email: rstoneman@sjsd.org

Navajo Language Lesson 6 Numbers

Naaldlooshii Wólta’ – Counting Animals

Navajo Language Lesson 6 Numbers  Naaldlooshii Wólta’ - Counting Animals

Naaldlooshii Wólta’ – Counting Animals

Counting Animals – Naaldlooshii Wólta’
Google Presentation

Navajo Language Lesson links

Clayton Long – Instructor
Clayton Long YouTube Channel
Navajo Language Lessons Page
Navajo Language Lessons YouTube Channel
Navajo People Language Page
Heritage Language Resource Center
Harold Carey Jr – Computer Teacher

Haíínèí – Navajo Creation Story

Lesson 5 Haíínèí

A Navajo Language Lesson

Learn Diné Bizaad

Lesson 5 Haíínèí - Navajo Creation Story

Lesson 5 Haíínèí – Navajo Creation Story

Video for Language Lesson 5 Haíínèí
Presenter Clayton Long

Dííjí Hajíínèí baah hashne’ dooleel.
Today I will tell you about the Navajo Creation Story

More on the Navajo Creation Story

The First World “Nihodilhil” (Black World)

Nihodootlizh – Second World (Blue World)

 Nihaltsoh -The third World (Yellow World)

 Nihalgai – The Fourth, Glittering or White World

 


Creation Story Poster Set of Four

This poster set illustrates and explains the Creation Narrative in simple, design and text.
Each poster depicts the beings and landmarks associated with that World.
Illustrations by Theresa Breznau.
17” x 22” laminated on heavy cardstock.
Sold as a set for $24.00
Also available individually for $6.00 each

To Purchase:
Heritage Language Resource Center
Navajo and Ute Language Resources
28 West 20 North
Blanding, Utah 8451
435 -678 -1230
Website: media.sjsd.org

Navajo Language Lesson links

Clayton Long – Instructor
Clayton Long YouTube Channel
Navajo Language Lessons Page
Navajo Language Lessons YouTube Channel
Navajo People Language Page
Heritage Language Resource Center
Harold Carey Jr – Computer Teacher

My Mother – Navajo Language Lesson

My Mother - Navajo Language Lesson

My Mother – Navajo Language Lesson

MY MOTHER
My mother is sun-browned color. Her eyes are dark. Her hair shines black.
My mother is good to look at, but I like her hands the best.

They are beautiful.
They are strong and quick at working, but when they touch my hands they are slow moving and gentle.

SHIMÁ
Shimá t’óó dinlzhííni yee’.
Banázhiin dilhil.
Bitsii dilhilgo dik’inizdidlaad.

Shimá níliigo nizhóni, ndi bíla ‘íghisíí shil yá’át’ééh.
Bíla’ nizhóni.
Bíla’ bitse’ dóó doondilna’da naalnishgo, ndi shíla’ yiyiltso’go hazhóó’ógo naha’náá dóó shaayisti’.

From:
Little Herder In Autumn
by Ann Clark
United States Department Of The Interior
Illustrated By Hoke Denetsosie

Little Herder – Navajo Language Lessons

Story Telling – Navajo Language Lesson
Build a Fire – Navajo Language Lesson
Little Lambs – Navajo Language Lesson
Field – Navajo Language Lesson
The Waterhole – Navajo Language Lesson
The Puppy – Navajo Language Lesson
Sheep Corral – Navajo Language Lesson
Possessions – Navajo Language Lesson
Breakfast – Little Herder Story
The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Going To The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Sleep – Navajo Language Lesson
Supper – Navajo Language Lesson
Father Comes Back – Navajo Language Lesson
Shoveling Snow – Navajo Language Lesson
The Dogs are Hungry – Navajo Language Lesson
There Is No Food – Navajo Story

More Navajo language links:

The Cornfield – Navajo Language Lesson

Lesson in English and Diné Bizaad:

THE CORNFIELD

The cornfield is fenced with poles. My mother works in the cornfield. My father works in the cornfield. While they are working I walk among the corn plants.
I sing to the tall tasseled corn.
In the middle of all these known things stands my mother’s hogan with its open door.

NAADAA BADAAK’EH

Naaadaa bá dá’ak’eh tsin bee biná ázt’i’.
Shimá dá’ák’ehgi naalnish.
Ndaalnishgo naadaa’ bitaasháa leh.
Díí t’áá ‘alníigi shimá bighan t’áá ch’íjool’áajgo si’a´

The Cornfield - Navajo Language Lesson

From:
Little Herder In Autumn
by Ann Clark
United States Department Of The Interior
Illustrated By Hoke Denetsosie

Little Herder – Navajo Language Lessons

Story Telling – Navajo Language Lesson
Build a Fire – Navajo Language Lesson
Little Lambs – Navajo Language Lesson
Field – Navajo Language Lesson
The Waterhole – Navajo Language Lesson
The Puppy – Navajo Language Lesson
Sheep Corral – Navajo Language Lesson
Possessions – Navajo Language Lesson
Breakfast – Little Herder Story
The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Going To The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Sleep – Navajo Language Lesson
Supper – Navajo Language Lesson
Father Comes Back – Navajo Language Lesson
Shoveling Snow – Navajo Language Lesson
The Dogs are Hungry – Navajo Language Lesson
There Is No Food – Navajo Story

More Navajo language links:

Navajo Language Lesson 2 Hogan Part 1

I will speak about the hogan.

Hooghan baah hashne’ doolee.

Lesson by Clayton Long

Hogan Slide Presentation in Navajo and English

Navajo Language Lesson links

Clayton Long – Instructor

Clayton Long YouTube Channel

Mana Academy

Navajo Language Lessons Page

Navajo Language Lessons YouTube Channel

Navajo People Language Page

Heritage Language Resource Center

Harold Carey Jr – Computer Teacher

 

Field – Navajo Language Lesson

Field - Navajo Language Lesson

THE FIELD
In a little delta of seepage water near the waterhole is a small place that my father has fenced to make a home for the corn, for the squash and the melons.

It is too cold now, but soon, when the snow melts and hides away in the warm sand father will go to his field. There he will make the soil ready for planting.

He will break through the hard crust of winter and turn up toward the sun little lumps of fresh earth.


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

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

More Navajo Language Lessons

The Puppy – Navajo Language Lesson

 

The Puppy - Navajo Language Lesson

THE PUPPY

Far from the hogan in a dry sand wash I found the gray dog
and a new baby puppy gray with black spots.

Poor little puppy, it crawled to me crying.  

Thin little baby, its pink cold nose found my hand.

You gray pup with black spots.
I will teach you to watch the sheep so that always there will be a place for you in our hogan.

 


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

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

More Navajo Language Lessons

Sheep Corral – Navajo Language Lesson

Sheep Corral - Navajo Language Lesson

 

SHEEP CORRAL
Near my mother’s hogan is the sheep corral, a hard packed place fenced with poles.
There is a tree for shade.
There is a shelter for lambs in the sheep corral.

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

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

More Navajo Language Lessons

The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson

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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