Navajo Woman in Native Dress Phoenix Arizona

Navajo Woman in Native Dress Phoenix Arizona

• Native American Navajo tribe is one of the largest tribes of American Indians
• Southwest in areas that are today Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah
• Apaches of Navajo
• They called themselves “Dine” or “the People”.
• some migrated northward into Colorado and Utah
• four sacred mountains of the Navajo people 
• Navajos were farming people
• Navajo men also hunted deer, antelope, and small game, while women gathered nuts, fruits, and herbs
• Spanish introduced domestic sheep and goats, the Navajos began raising herds of these animals for their meat and wool