The 4 Directions Lesson

Navajo Language Lesson and  Video

Video for Language Lesson 10  Directions
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


0-mountians

The Navajo Sacred Mountains Poster

Available in three sizes:
23” x 35” – $10.00
18” x 24” – $6.00
11” x 14” – $2.00
Illustrates the Six Scared Mountains,
their characteristics, and contributions in
Navajo culture and history.

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

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

Click here for New Fall 2013  Catalog

We accept purchase orders, credit cards, and checks.
We bill only for items shipped and actual cost of shipping.
Personal orders ship after payment is received.
Please estimate 10% of purchase total for shipping cost.

The Four Navajo Sacred Mountains

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

My Body – Navajo Language Lesson

I’m speaking about my body

Shits’íí´s Baa Hashne’

The Holy Beings Teach the Twins

I’m am one of the  Earth Surface Holy People

Video by 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 Goats – Navajo Language Lesson

The Goats (Tlízí) - Navajo Language Lesson

The Goats – Navajo Language Lesson

THE GOATS

Goats have long whiskers.
They have long faces.
They have long legs.
Goats are funny, I think.

TL’ÍZÍ
Tlízí bidághaa’ ‘ayóó ‘ádanilnezz.
Binii ‘ayóó ‘ádanilnezz
Bijáád ‘ayóó ‘ádanilnezz
Tlízí t’óó danichó’í nisin

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 Sheep – Navajo Language Lesson

The Sheep - Navajo Language Lesson

The Sheep – Navajo Language Lesson

THE SHEEP

Of all the kinds of sheep,
Navaho sheep give the best wool for weaving.
My mother says that is why they are Navaho sheep, because they know best the needs of The People.

DIBÉ

Dibé ‘altas’éígóó, diné bidibéhígíí ‘ííghisíí bighaa’ bee yá’átééhgo ‘atló.
Shimá ‘qjíní “Diné bá ‘ádahoot’éegi díí dibé bil béédahózin, ‘éí baah diné la’ dabili´i´’.”

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:

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 Father – Navajo Language Lesson

My Father - Shizhéé

My Father – Shizhéé

My Father
My father is tall.
He is strong.He is brave.
He hunts and he rides and he sings.
He coaxes the corn and the squash plants to grow out of the sand-dry earth.

Shizhéé
Shizhéé nineez. ‘Ayóigo bidziil.
Dóó doo náldzid da.
Naalzheeh, dóó liinabigké dóó ni’t’a
Bizaadk’ehgo naada´a´ dóó na’na’aghízíbit’aa t’áá hóóltsaiigi hadahiniséh

My father has magic in his fingertips.
He can turn flat pieces of silver into things of beauty.
Sometimes I hide in the wide folds of my mother’s skirts and look out at my father.

Shizhé’é bila’ biláatahdóó ‘álíí hólo´.
‘Eí beesh ligaii táadoo le’é danizhóníyígíí ‘ádeile’.
Lahda shimá bitl’aakal bighi’ nínádísht’iihgo shizhé’e nesh’ii leh.

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:

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:

Night Corral – Navajo Language Lesson

Night Corral - Navajo Language Lesson

NIGHT CORRAL

The night corral is fenced with poles.
It is the home for the sheep and the goats when darkness comes to my mother’s land.

DIBÉ BIGHAN
Dibé bighan tsin bináneeskáál.
Éí dibé dóó tlizí yigji’ nijah shimá bighan binaagóó hiliijiihgo.

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 Hogan – Navajo Language Lesson

The Hogan - Navajo Language Lesson

The Hogan
My mother’s hogan is round and earth-color.
Its floor is smooth and hard.
It has a friendly fire and an open door.
It is my home.
I live happily in my mother’s hogan.

Hooghan
Shimá bighan nímaz dóó ni’ t’áá beelt’è.
Ghóne’ dóó hodilkooh dóó hótliz, dóó ‘alahji ko’, dóó ‘alahji’ diné nihaa ndaaka.
‘Éí shighan.
Shimá bighan góne’ shil hózho´ogo keéé hasht’i´

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:

Homeland – Navajo Language Lesson

Homeland - Navajo Language Lesson

HOMELAND

The land around my mother’s hogan is big.
It is still.
It has walls of red rocks.
And way, far off the sky comes down to touch the sands.
Blue sky is above me.
Yellow sand is beneath me.
The sheep are around me.
My mother’s hogan is near.

KÉÉHASHTÍNÍGI

Kéyah shimá bighan binaagóó ‘ayóí ániltso.
Tóó doo ‘ííts’a’í da.
Tsé daalchíí go bináz’á.
Doo deighánídi yá séí didii’á nahalin.
Yá dilhi? doot?’izh shkáa’gi.
Séí t’éiyá shiyaagi.
Dibé t’éiyá shinaagóó.
Shinaá bighan t’áá ‘aháni

 Source:
Little Herder In Autumn
By Ann Clark
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: