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The **Navajo Nation** extends across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, covering more than 27,000 square miles.

Events

 * August 7-13** Diné Bikéyah Yikáá' Hólóonii Baa Ákohwiindzin (Indigenous Peoples Week 2017); hashtag: [|#ipw7]

[|Navajo Nation Fair] [|https://navajopeople.org/blog/navajo-nation-fair-history]
 * September**


 * February 2018 ** Responsible Travel Week #rtweek18

Headlines
[|Living Planet: Navajos uranium legacy] [|FInding Nemo in Navajo] [|Navajos buy back artifacts at Paris auction] [|Climate-change-turning-sacred-land-against-Navajo] [|navajo-four-sacred-colors] [|Officials: Trust settlement is step toward ‘wrongs being corrected’] - [|@navajotimes] [|10 Things You Need to Know about the Navajo] - [|@indiancountry] [|Navajo language chosen for new ‘Star Wars’ dub] - [|@thenewmexican] [|Navajo Nation To Open First Arizona-Based Casino] - [|@indiancountry]

http://planeta.com/dine http://planeta.com/navajocodetalkersday
 * Planeta.com**

News
[|Navajo Times] - [|@navajotimes] [|Indian Country Today] - [|@indiancountry]

RSS
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New
[|‘Aoo', ts'ídá t'áá'aníí 'ádíshní = Yes, I am really telling the truth.] #DinéBizaad @NavajoWeb https://twitter.com/NavajoWeb/status/811814779467624448

B&Bs
[] [] https://plus.google.com/u/0/101258257302838418568/posts https://www.facebook.com/ShashDineEcoRetreat

Navajo Code Talkers
The language that you were forbidden to speak was the language that saved this nation.

[] https://www.facebook.com/Our.Navajo.Code.Talkers http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=42794 https://twitter.com/usmc/status/897050176417701888 http://planeta.com/navajocodetalkersday

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Font
http://www.lapahie.com/dine_bizaad.cfm http://www.languagegeek.com/font/fontdownload.html

Keyboard Installation
http://academy.nativeinnovation.com/2016/06/17/installing-navajo-keyboard-layout-on-os-x http://www.languagegeek.com/dene/keyboards/romdene.html http://academy.nativeinnovation.com/2015/07/23/using-the-navajo-keyboard-within-google-chrome [] []

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[|Crowdsourcing Helped Build New Diné Language App] - [|@indiancountry] [|Leaving a Digital Footprint: Diné language app offered for mobile users] [|Crowdsourcing Helped Build New Diné Language App] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dine-bizaad/id914242572?mt=8 [] []


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Blogs
http://chacorunner.blogspot.com

Culture
http://navajopeople.org/navajo-culture.htm

Radio
http://www.ktnnonline.com - [|@KTNN]

Soundcloud
[] [] [] - [|@NativeInnovate]

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Twitter
[|@NavajoWeb] [|@nihizaad] [|@NavajoToursUSA] [|@NativeInnovate] [|@techkialo] [|@jay_soc] [|@FlorianTomJohns] [|@navajotimes] [|@navajoparks] [|@NavajoWOTD] [|@KTNN] [|@NavajoMuseum] [|@NavajoNow] [|@navajoarts] [|@Dine_College] [|@23rdNNC] https://twitter.com/gallupind https://twitter.com/hubbelltp

Hashtags
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[|#NavajoUSA]

Tours
http://navajo.tours - [|@NavajoToursUSA] navajotoursusa

[|Sacred Monument Tours]

[|Black's Tours]

Trading Post & Lodge

Sacred Canyon Lodge

Randy L Barton http://www.randylbarton.com http://www.randylbarton.com/logo-design https://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/35343069921

Artwork / Cue Yourself
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Facebook
[|Navajo Times] [|Navajo-Word-of-the-Day] [|Navajo Studies Conference] https://www.facebook.com/NavajoNationMuseum

Wikipedia
[|Navajo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_language

[|Navajo Indian Reservation] [|Diné bizaad] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Din%C3%A9_Bahane%CA%BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacoby_Ellsbury

YouTube
[|Native Innovation]

Questions
How do you translate Matariki in [|#DinéBizaad]? Is it possible to create a [|#DinéBizaad] series of constellations on [|Google Sky]?

Carvings
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Embedded Tweets
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Artisans
Lawrence Jacquez (1965-present ) http://www.adobegallery.com/artist/lawrence-jacquez-1965-

Places to Visit
[] [|Navajo Nation's Monument Valley Park (]Tse'Bii'Ndzisgaii) - [|Facebook] - [|@navajoparks] []

Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock
[|www.navajonationmuseum.org]  http://navajopeople.org/blog/navajo-nation-museum-coffee-house https://www.facebook.com/NavajoNationMuseum

(928) 871-7941  The Navajo Nation Museum has extensive holdings of art, ethnographic, archaeological, and archival materials. Our archives collection includes over 40,000 photographs as well as a wide variety of documents, recordings, motion picture film, and videos. The archives are heavily used by authors, researchers, and publishers as a source for historical photographs. The museum collects anything that helps document the culture and history of the Navajo people, including selected materials from Tribal and non-Indian neighbors. Most of the collections are available for on-site study and exhibit loan.

The museum was established in 1961, but for most of its history remained a very small entity, not much more than a one-person, one-room operation which was periodically moved from one inadequate space to another. In 1998, the Museum was moved into a recently-built 54,000 square foot contemporary purpose-built building which it shares with the Navajo Nation Library and Research collection. As part of this rebirth, the Navajo Nation Council authorized a comprehensive staff list and a major increase in budget to support the staff and new operations. In 1999, the Museum took over management of the entire building, for its own operations and meeting/conference facilities

Navajo Nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation http://www.navajo-nsn.gov

Navajo Nation President Russell Begay
https://www.facebook.com/Navajo-Nation-OPVP-Russell-Begaye-And-Jonathan-Nez-302132179938953/ http://navajotimes.com/tag/russell-begaye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Begaye

Navajo Nation Council
http://www.navajonationcouncil.org https://twitter.com/23rdNNC

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Forgotten People Participatory Map] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] - [|@NavajoWeb] [] [] http://www.navajostudies.org - https://twitter.com/NavajoConf - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Navajo-Studies-Conference/276654425454 http://www.gonavajo.com - [|@navajoarts] - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Navajo-Arts-and-Crafts-Enterprise/141149109295282 https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/9zCH8 media type="custom" key="27662872" align="right" http://jumpingsun.com/din%C3%A9_language_lab http://nihizaad.com http://donovanpete.com - https://twitter.com/dvnpete http://www.dineh.org

Vocabulary
http://academy.nativeinnovation.com/2016/06/07/popular-phrases/

[|Navajo Word of the Day] Yá'á'tééh = Greetings Nizhóní = Beautiful Yá'á'tééh abiní = Good morning Shił hózhǫ́ = I am happy Holá = I Don't Know Ayóó ánííníshní = I love you T’áadoo Ádił Honídlání = Don’t Be Confused Dlǫ́ǫ́' = Prairie Dog Hozho = peace, balance, beauty and harmony

Days of the Week
Damóo Sunday Damóo Biiskáaní Monday Naaki Jį́ Nida’anish Tuesday Tágígį́ Nida’anish Wednesday Dį’íjį Nida’anish Thursday Nida’iiníísh Friday Damóo Yázhí Saturday

Months of the Year http://www.lapahie.com/Glossary_Months.cfm

Hai : winter Hai náhásdlį́į’. : Winter solstice

Numbers
T'ááłá'í - one Naaki - two Táá' - three Dį́į́' - four Ashdla' - five Hastą́ą́ - six Tsosts'id - seven Tseebíí - eight Náhást'éí - nine Neeznáá - ten

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Food
bááh dah diníilghaazh = fry bread

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Closing Prayer from the "Navajo Way" Blessing Ceremony Shitsijí' hózhóogo naasháa doo Shikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa doo Shideigi hózhóogo naasháa doo T'áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa doo Hózhó náhásdlíí' Hózhó náhásdlíí' <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hózhó náhásdlíí' <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hózhó náhásdlíí' || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In beauty I walk <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With beauty before me I walk <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With beauty behind me I walk <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With beauty above me I walk <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With beauty around me I walk <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It has become beauty again <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It has become beauty again <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It has become beauty again <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It has become beauty again ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hózhóogo naasháa doo

Flickr
[|dshortey]

Flickr Groups
[|Navajo and their territories]

Flickr Gallery
[|Navajo]

Google+
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Older Features
[|NASA and the Astronauts - Snopes] [|Story of the Emergence]

[|Jerome Tsosie] [|Kialo Winters]
 * Hangouts**
 * September 18, [|5-7pm PDT]** [|Native Innovation Hangout]
 * Guests:**

"The internet itself is a giant repository that could be used to help our language learners around the world. I'm a big supporter of mentoring learners in whatever fields they have, so I started recording audio and recording native professionals in the region. 'Who inspired you to become who you are?' The concept went from a desktop version to a mobile version.
 * Key Quotes**

As we update the app - which is a database - it automatically pushes out the content to all of the users. The audio itself is streaming.

This is a lifelong learning project for this generation and the generation after that.

We are promoting the concept of community-based sharing, which is a type of crowdsourcing. The important element on the app is the feedback button which allows users to request words and phrases to be translated. This is updated to the database. We can record friends and other enthusiasts of the language and all of this is uploaded to the database." - [|Kialo Winters], Founder of Diné Bizaad Dictionary apps

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FYI
The name of Canyon de Chelly was derived from the misspelling and mispronunciation of the Navajo word for the canyon. The Navajos call the canyon "Tseyi" which is pronounced 'say-ee.' Eventually the word became "de Chelly" which is pronounced as 'de-shay'

http://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm

Utah http://www.twinrocks.com http://www.twinrocks.com/legends/135-navajo-clans.html

Ustream
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tsosiejl

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Navajo Parks and Recreation
Navajo tribal parks include: Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park, Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Four Corners Monument, Bowl Canyon Recreation Area and Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park. For more information about Navajo parks, visitors can call (928) 871-6647 or log onto http://www.navajonationparks.org

The [|Navajo Parks and Recreation Department] is one of the oldest programs in the Navajo Nation government. It was established in 1964 and is charged with the responsibility to the the Navajo Nation's primary caretaker of special lands set aside for preservation. The Mission of the Parks and Recreation Department is to wisely manage Navajo parks, monuments and recreation areas for the long-term benefit of the Navajo people and government. The Navajo Nation is comprised of essentially private lands, therefore all non-Navajo visitors must abide by and comply with the laws, regulations and policies promulgated by the Navajo Nation government, including those governing Navajo parks, monuments and recreation areas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley http://navajonationparks.org/htm/monumentvalley.htm
 * Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii (Monument Valley)**

POI <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'.SFNSText-Regular',sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tsé Bita’a’í or Winged Rock. Highest elevation 2,187.5 meters (7,177 feet) 36°41′15″N 108°50′11″W.

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Yei Be Chais https://www.camerontradingpost.com/shop/navajo-rugs/yeis-yei-be-chais.html

Recent Events
 * June 2015** [|2015 Native Innovation Educational Technology Conference] (Flagstaff, Arizona) [|#nativeinnovate]

Sacred Mountains
the colors black, white, blue, and yellow link the Navajos to their ancestral homeland and the story of its creation ([|source])


 * **Black**, which associated with north, also symbolizes [|Dibé Ntsaa (Hesperus Peak)], in what is now southwestern Colorado.
 * **White**, which represents east, is connected to [|Sis Naajiní]<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[| (Blanca Peak)], in what is now south-central Colorado.
 * **Blue**, is connected with south and Tsoodzil (Mount Taylor), northeast of Grants, New Mexico.
 * **Yellow,** is associated with west and Dook’o’oosliid (the San Francisco Peaks), near Flagstaff, Arizona

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif;">They call themselves Diné, which means The People. To the rest of the world they are known as Navajo. Creation stories tell of struggle and evolution through three spiritual worlds, and finally emergence into this world and their present homeland, Dinetah. A homeland defined by four scared mountains; Mt. Blanca in central Colorado, Mt. Taylor in New Mexico, the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona, and Mt. Hesperus in southwestern Colorado. It is an area covering 25,000 square miles and the largest reservation in the United States. Its landscape includes national treasures such as Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.

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