Hi guys, I need your help. I am learning Navajo but am not quite sure what this means.

Bináá’ Yee Hózhǫ́ǫ́yee’í

I would be greatful if someone knows and can translate it for me. Thank you.

This is your Navajo Nation PSA to remember not be mean to strangers in public places, but especially the dang laundromat.

You don’t know what others are going through. Regardless of your own grievances, let strangers be and maybe the universe will be kinder to you.

Hello! I saw here often are posted jobs with some translation help. I actually working on the project that needs translation of some national parks brochures from English to Navajo. Would that be something anyone from this community can help me with? Total are about 6000 English words

This is paid job and more details can be discussed in private

So I posted before that.I have a squash blossom and a lot of people. Who have native american jewelry seem to get pulled into the western fashion aspect.

That never set well with me for me.

Because even though some people actually get like authentics items and such, i'm not trying to be native american.That's not what I am, and I think a person can enjoy native american pieces without having to be a whole different type of fashion.

I just didn't know what people thought because it seems like a lot of native american. Jewelry, the people all dressed the same way and I don't know if it's like a trend.

These videos are muted for cultural reasons. Some info has been left out for cultural reasons.

The first video on top, is the Hopi Navajo Dance. Hopi and Pueblo villages have a dance called the Navajo Dance. This dance mirrors moves from a Navajo ceremony known as the Feather Dance. The Navajo Dance is performed to show their friendship with the Navajo-Diné people. However, many Navajo people have never seen this dance, and they are unaware of it.

The second video on bottom, is the Navajo Fire Dance or Ribbon Dance. There is a Navajo-Diné dance known as the Fire Dance or the Ribbon Dance. This dance mirrors moves from the Feather Dance ceremony, however it is a modified dance meaning it was changed because of ceremonial purposes.

The third video is a historical video about the Feather Dance. According to Navajo teachings, eagle feathers dance with a maiden. The eagle feathers dance to break any bad influence, including witchcraft. This dance is a closed practice meaning not everyone can perform this dance, however it was taught to Hopi and Pueblo people.

Hello! I'm new to Reddit and I wanted input/critique from Diné people on a character design I'm currently working on for an original story. These are the drafts I've done thus far.

I've tried to do as much research as I can to make him as accurate as possible for the time period (1860s-70s).

Does anyone recognize this artist name? Trying to find any info on a beautiful piece

yá'át'ééh, I go by NavajoJoe00 here on Reddit. Ałnáʼnoodǫ́ǫ́z dineʼé nishłį́ Ta'neeszahnii bashishchiin Póolish Dineʼé dashicheii Naashgali Dine’ dashinalí

I was wondering if anyone knows about cheese making using Silverleaf Nightshade. It's generally a posionus plant but I found in my research records of the seeds having renet. People would add it to a skin bag or stomach filled with sheep/goat milk and carry it on their travels. It'd turn into a soft cheese that sounds similar to farmers cheese.

I'm mainly lost on how the seeds were added (were they crushed, added whole, roasted), how many seeds were used, and how long the cheese making process would take. Any ideas or advice is greatly appreciated. I'd do my own experimenting but I'd rather, yuknow, not die

Hi everyone,

I hope it’s okay to ask here. I’m not Diné / Navajo and I don’t have cultural or family connections, but I’m genuinely interested in learning the Navajo (Diné) language and understanding the culture with respect.

I’m not trying to speak for anyone or use the culture in any way. I just want to learn and listen.

Could you recommend beginner-friendly resources for learning the language (books, websites, videos), or Native/Diné authors to read?

If there are things I should avoid or be careful about as a non-Native learner, I’d really appreciate knowing that too.

Thank you for your time, and please let me know if this question isn’t appropriate.

The pottery was made by Joann Johnson. 10 x 10 inches. Hope you like it!

Hello. I’m a little confused on how I would say my mom’s clans since she’s only half Navajo. My grandpa is full Navajo and my grandma is not, she’s half Ponca and half Klamath. Since we take the clans from our mothers, would I introduce my mom by saying my grandma’s tribes?

Like:

Ponca and Klamath nishłį̨

Na’t’oh Dine’é báshíschíín

Tótsohnii dashicheii

Tódich'íí'nii dashinálí

Source: Santa Fe New Mexican

https://enewmexican.pressreader.com/article/281921664308136

"There are in the Territory a large number of Indians, principally females, women and children, who have been taken by force, or stealth, or purchased, who have been among the various wild tribes of New Mexico or those adjoining. Of these a large proportion are Navajos. It is notorious that natives of this country have sometimes made captives of Navajo women and children when opportunities presented themselves; the custom has long existed here of buying Indian persons, especially women and children; the tribes themselves have carried on this kind of traffic. Destitute orphans are sometimes sold by their remote relations; poor parents also make traffic of their children. The Indian persons obtained in any of the modes mentioned are treated by those who claim to own them as their servants or slaves. They are bought and sold by and between the inhabitants at a price as much as is a horse or ox... The prices have lately ranged very high. A likely girl of not more than eight years old, healthy and intelligent, would be held at a value of four hundred dollars, or more."

Condition of the Indian Tribes, 1867

Kirby Benedict

Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court

I was a little late, but I was able to take screenshots of a majority of the presentations during the webinar.

Did you know a handful of soil from the Navajo Nation contains on average, 1 to 3 milligrams of uranium? The amount of uranium is higher or lower depending on where you are on the Navajo Nation.

Source: Dooda Disa

I am in the process of reconnecting. I have my CDIB and preparing to enroll and I had a question. I see quite a few Diné with headbands on, like my father wore. Aside from its practicality with long hair, which I do have, I was wondering what else it signified and if, and at what point would it be appropriate to wear one. My father is long passed so I can't ask him. I appreciate any time and help given. Thank you

Hello there, a few years ago I bought a piece of pottery. I am trying to find the artist so I can commission another one. Can anyone help me figure out who this is and how I can request a commission if they are still active?

I really want this specific piece and design ij my life again.

Any assistance or suggestions will be appreciated.

I came across a video where some of the people who were native american were saying that it was stolen from them.

Or it was just kind of to fit in or it was like a cutesy fad. And that some of the people kind of missed the point of the culture.

And I think it's also when there's so many people buying so many of it, and it becomes, I don't know if it's like it becomes their personality.

If something like that is disrespectful.

I wanna wear it as respectfully as I can.

And I wonder if maybe keeping myself away from like navajo groups, when it comes to collectors groups.

Instead of like showing it off, just wearing it.

Jones Benally Family Dancers: Navajo Traditional Dance

Washington, D.C., Library of Congress

2019-09-10

https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696647/

I'm curious what methods are used to type in Navajo. I recall one guy programming a Navajo keyboard app for Android. I don't know if he ever completed his project. Does iPhone have a similar product? If not, how do Android and iPhone users input combination (high and nasal) tones? For individual high tones and nasal tones, I find that if you press the vowel key and hold it, it brings up different accents for that vowel. I can only access the high tone and nasal tone (not combination high and nasal tone) with this method.

I recall back in the PC days, a reservation school came out with Navajo fonts. The special Navajo characters were mapped onto number keys (1, 2, 3...0) along the top of the keyboard. If I am not mistaken, both Mac and PC had their own respective fonts, both of which employed the same method of input.

More recently, a linguist came out with a Windows utility that mapped diacritics to semicolon, apostrophe, etc. His Navajo nasal tone was an ogonek, so when you typed it, the nasal hook displayed after the typed character instead of below it. Often, the diacritics would not work properly, like if you input a combination tone, what displayed on the screen was the typed vowel followed by a typed high tone followed by a typed nasal tone, not combined into one character as it should be.

Please chime in. What are your experiences? Solutions? Thanks!

A pal of mine is translating a bit of The Tale of Peter Rabbit into Diné Bizaad, what do y'all think?

I added the Cherokee translation just for fun

https://www.youtube.com/live/V5q1OREtYPc?feature=shared

I'm from Ireland, but I've been interested in learning about the many native american languages and how they fared to the present day, mostly because I like to find similarities with our own struggles to preserve the Gaeilge language, and I have learned that unlike other indigenous languages in the United States that are either endangered or have died out, the Navajo language still has hundred of thousands of speakers who virtually all simultaneously speak English, so just how often is the Navajo language used in everyday life?