Navajo

Examples of Navajo in the following topics:

• Art and Architecture of the Southwest Cultures

  • Prior to European invasion of North America, the region of the Southwest was dominated by the Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Hopi, and Zuni peoples, among others.
  • In the 1850s, the Navajos adopted silversmithing from the Mexicans.
  • Atsidi Sani (Old Smith) was the first Navajo silversmith, and the technology quickly spread to surrounding tribes.
  • Sandpainting is an aspect of Navajo healing ceremonies that inspired an art form.
  • The Navajo are well-known today for their use of turquoise in jewelry.

• The Southwest

  • Additionally, the Navajo and Apache peoples emigrated from Northern Canada to the Southwest sometime after 1000 CE.
  • Art in the Navajo culture is traditionally gender-based.
  • Describe the Anasazi, Hopi, Navajo, and Hohokam cultures of the American Southwest.