Navajo String Games

December 4, 2014 by
Navajo String Games book and DVD

Navajo String Games book and DVD

 

String Games are a winter storytelling activity that kids of all ages enjoy. The string games are stories that you act out in patterns by intertwining hand movements with a string. Some of the hand movements are easily mastered, while others require skill and patience to learn. This book will provide you with the directions and illustrations you need to start having winter fun.

Navajo string game butterfly

Navajo string game butterfly

Navajo String Games book and DVD

Author: Don Mose, Jr.
Illustrations: Theresa Breznau
Edited by: Kathryn Hurst
DVD formatting: Benjamin Long
Text: English (string game identified with Navajo reference)
DVD provides hand directions for 40 string games and stories
Paper-cover, perfect bound, 8.5 x 11″
40 pages
c 2005

Ordering Information

Cost $15.00 USD

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

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.

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Navajo Clan Legends Poster

November 21, 2014 by
Navajo Clan Legends Poster

Navajo Clan Legends Poster

Dóon’è Baa Hane’

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

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

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.

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Navajo Constellation Winter Stories

January 15, 2014 by

 The posters offer an excellent way to illustrate Winter Stories.

Constellation Rabbit Tracts

Navajo Constellation Poster Set

The Constellation set includes 10 illustrated posters, each 11″ x 17″ printed on heavy cardstock.

Constellation Poster set

They can also be used with the book, “Coyote Tosses the Stars,” as well as “The String Book.” Original illustrations were created by Theresa Breznau. Each illustration is accompanied by a description written in both Navajo and English languages.

Set of 10 – 11” x 17”
$15.00

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

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

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.

Filed Under: Navajo Mythology Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Navajo Vowel Poster

January 14, 2014 by

Navajo Language Vowel Poster

Navajo Language Vowel Poster

This poster is a companion the Navajo Consonant Poster

Identify vowel sounds. Dicritical marks are clearly indicated.

Poster is printed on heavy cardstock and laminated.

Illustrations were created by Theresa Breznau.

Two sizes are available:

17″ x 22″ $6.00

11″ x 14″. $2.00

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

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

Click here for New Fall 2014  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.

Filed Under: Navajo Language Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Navajo Consonant Poster

January 13, 2014 by

Help for learning the  Navajo Language

Diné Bizaad

Navajo Consonant Poster
Navajo Consonant Poster

This colorfully-illustrated poster is a concise reference for the classroom. Laminated poster measures approximately 18″ x 22″ and is printed on heavy card-stock.

This poster is a companion to the Navajo Vowel poster.

Illustrations were created by Theresa Breznau.

Two sizes are available:

17″ x 22″ $6.00

11″ x 14″. $2.00

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

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

Click here for New Fall 2014  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.

Filed Under: Navajo Language Tagged With: , , , , ,