DIG CHALLENGE #9 -
What are Navajo Arts famous around the world for their unique design and lasting beauty ? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #1 - When did the Navajo People arrived in the Southwest? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #2 - Where did they come from originally?
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Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #3 - When they first arrived in the Southwest– how many clans did they have ? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #4 - How many clans do they have today ? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #5 - What is the Navajo word they use to name themselves?
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Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE # 6- When the Spanish arrived in the Southwest in the 1500s, what did they bring they quickly became part of the Navajo lifestyle? Name three things … button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #7 - In the mid 1800s, the US Government had taken possession of the Four Corners area. In the 1860s, frustrated by continued conflicts between Native People’s in the region, the US Government forced the Navajo to move to Fort Sumner against their will. What did the soldiers do to try to force the Navajo to give up their homelands and move to the Fort ? Who lead this assault? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #8 - In 1868, after four miserable years at Fort Sumner, a treaty was signed that allowed the Navajo to return to their lands. How many acres of land do the Navajo now own and how many Navajo are there ? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #9 - What are Navajo Arts famous around the world for their unique design and lasting beauty ? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #10 - What types of religions are practiced on the Navajo Reservation? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #11 - The Navajo hold Four Mountains sacred in their world. What are the attributes given to these mountains? (natural elements ) button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #12 - 
This is a traditional Navajo House – what is it made from and what shape is it?
Do the Navajo live close together in a pueblo or spread out over the land with their sheep? button
Your Navajo Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE # 13- Pick one of these three stories to read and come back and tell us what the story is about. First Light button Coyote and the Giant button First Woman’s Twins button . If you can create a drawing to illustrate the story, you can scan it and send it to us using this upload form button (April 2002 only) or email it to us as an attachment at camp@campinternet.net. We can also scan pictures mailed to us at 1129 State Street A7 Santa Barbara CA 93101 – make sure to write student name, teacher and school on back if mailing.