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24 Φεβ 2010 · Thousands of Navajos were killed, and approximately 8,500 Navajo men, women and children were captured and forced to walk more than 400 miles in the dead of winter to Fort Summer, a barren, 40-square-mile reservation in eastern New Mexico. This became known in Native American history as "The Long Walk."
22 Οκτ 2024 · At some point in prehistory the Navajo and Apache migrated to the Southwest from Canada, where most other Athabaskan-speaking peoples still live; although the exact timing of the relocation is unknown, it is thought to have been between 1100 and 1500 ce.
Navajo Women's Story 1868 to 1960: Separation of the Sexes. Summary. Traditionally, Navajo women were the heads of their families or clans. They were consulted in family decision-making, and their opinions were respected. Many were expert weavers. Women could also attain religious or political honors.
In this paper I begin a more historically sensitive analysis of Navajo women's roles by focusing on two topics: the sexual division of labor in the household and residence group and the structure and function of female exchange net-
Life history profiles of a grandmother, a midlife mother, and a young mother reveal the changes in the twentieth-century historical and cultural context that propelled the life course trajectories of Crownpoint area Navajo women.
25 Μαΐ 2024 · There are three critical elements that presage the creation of related bands of southern Na Dene speakers into what is today the Navajo Tribe. The first element was the movement of what was to become the Navajo into the American southwest and their transformation from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture.
Navajo women benefited particularly because they tended to outlive Navajo men and usually took responsibility for offspring when a marriage dissolved. Among formal in-stitutions established within the last decade are extended-care facilities for the aged and disabled, a school and rec-reation program for the mentally retarded, and child-care
