3. My name is Nena Cox. I work at the University of West Georgia as Pre-K teacher. I am Native American, the Navajo Tribe I am born for Salt People and Edge Water People. I am married to Stacey Cox I have a son named Ty We live in Carrollton, Georgia I am original from New Mexico

4. My Family

6. New Mexico

7. Map of Navajo Nation http://www.crystalinks.com/navajos.html

8. Shiprock Peak (Tsé Bit' A'í - Rock With Wings) Shiprock Peak is the "neck", or remains of a solidified lava core, of a dormant 40 million year old volcanic pinnacle. It is shaped somewhat like a 19 th century Clipper Ship with high trap-dykes running north from Utah and south from the main spire and rising about 1,800 feet above the four-corners New Mexican plain. It's elevation is 7,178 feet above sea level. It lies about 13 miles southwest of the town of Shiprock, New Mexico. www. lapahie.com

9. Navajo People Most Navajo people call themselves Diné, which in their own language mean "the People". The word "Navajo" comes from the Pueblo word "Navahu". This word means "planters of huge field". Why do you think the Pueblo used this word to name the Navajo people?Diné The Navajo is the largest nation in the United States and the Navajo reservation is the largest reservation.

10. Hogans nhusd.k12.ca.us /ALVE/... / Navajo.html/ Navajo The traditional home of the Navajo is called a hogan. The first hogan was the fork-stick hogan frame, a pyramid with 5 triangular facesTo protect a fork- stick hogan it might be entirely covered with packed adobe or mud Hogans today have one round room, usually about 23 feet in diameter. They might still be used for housing in remote areas, but they are mainly used nowadays for family ceremonies and curings The door always faces east. Men sit on the south side, women the north, visiting dignitaries at the west, facing the door, the place of honor. Upon entering, everyone moves clockwise, imitating the sun's movement.

11. Navajo Language http://gomyson.com/myanimals.htm http://gomyson.com/myanimals.htm Cat MOASIRabbit GAH Dog LHA- CHA-EH

12. Counting Numbers http://gomyson.com/ numbers2.html http://gomyson.com/ numbers2.html

13. Navajo Basket Weaving Navajo Pottery

14. Navajo Weaving The art of Navajo weaving reflects a wondrous spiritual quality that transcends all time. Weaving a rug is a slow, painstaking process that begins with shearing the wool. The wool is then spun by hand, often as many as 16 to 20 times. In some cases, the wool threads are left in their natural state. In others, the yarn is dyed with natural vegetal dyes such as those from grapes, oak, juniper, choke cherry, prickly pear cactus, larkspur, Navajo tea, and wild plum roots. http://www.crystalinks.com/nav ajos.html

15. Weaving Loom

16. Navajo Sand painting According to Navajo beliefs, the Universe is a balanced place. Illness and other disasters happen if the balance is upset. It is believed only Humans can upset this balance, not animals or plants! To make the person healthly again a ceremony is performed. The sandpaintings, called ikaah, used in these ceremonies are made between sunrise and sunset of the same day. nhusd.k12.ca.us /ALVE/... / Na vajo.html/ Navajo

17. Working with sand.

18. A completed sand painting.

19. Navajo Jewelry Silver jewelry is probably the best known form of Native American art. It is not an ancient art. Southwest Native Americans began working in silver around 1850. Jewelry was the way many Native Americans showed their wealth. Coins were used for silver in the early days. nhusd.k12.ca.us /ALVE/... / Navajo.html/ Navajo

20. Turquoise ring.

22. References www. lapahie.com www. lapahie.com gomyson.com Terragalleria.com / YouTube - Code Talker