Study the map of the United States with the Navajo
Reservation. The Navajo Reservation (in black) stretches over parts of which
states? Which other states are about the same size as the Navajo Reservation?
Study the map of Dinétah, the Old Navajo Country
Before 1800 and read and study In the
Beginning (Creation Story & Vocabulary list) and Sacred Four Directions, Colors, and
Mountains. Find east in your classroom. Discuss east as the direction of
beginning for life and orientation. Post the names and colors of the directions
on the appropriate walls and discuss the related Navajo and English vocabulary
words. Dinétah is the ancient homeland of the original four Navajo clans and it
has sacred places including many sacred mountains. Can you find them? Where did
First Man and First Woman find the baby that became Changing Woman?
Study the map of Navajo Country in 1800. Note
the names of neighboring tribes in each of the four directions. Who were their
neighbors?
Study the map of the Navajo Reservation in 1868
and Today and read The Long Walk. The smaller
1868 reservation is black and inside of today’s larger reservation, which is
gray. Why did the reservation get larger?
