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... But back to what I actually wanted to tell you: I am not able to talk about the general Native American because I just do not know how Apaches or Cheyenne, for example, live and how their culture has developed, but what I do know, to some extend, is the way of living of the people of the Navajo Nation, the Navajos! ...
A General Description of the Navajos and their way of living
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ut enough of that, what I actually wanted to write about is the way of living of the Navajos, their customs and their way of thinking, which differs very much from our point of view. The Navajos are a tribe that is located in the middle of the Arizonan and New Mexican desert where almost none natural resources are to be find, or better, none of those that the Navajos are used to cope with. ... This is the reason why most of the Navajos do not practice their traditional rituals that were handed down from generation to generation. ... There were about five Navajos at Barry Goldwater High School and not one of them stood among the white students. They cut themselves off the crowd to not be victims of segregation and hate which many of the American students feel for the Navajos. ... Many of those teachers do not know how to interact with the local Navajos and it seems like that the staff of those schools is not trying to teach the students, but educating them and pushing the students in being a general American. ... The scientists are certain that the Navajos immigrated from the north many hundred years ago. ... It had four corners, and over these four corners appeared four cloud columns which were white, blue, yellow and black (the four colors of the Navajos) …
The first world was small in size and was much like a floating island in a sea of water mist. ...
The streets of the Navajos are not
full of people who wear
traditional clothing, run around
naked and scream their old Navajo
songs. The ordinary Navajo dresses
just as the white Americans…
The situation of the Navajos
T
he irrigated desert of Phoenix
and its suburbs allow cacti and
other beautiful desert plants to grow all year but the unfortunate north and the even poorer Navajo Nation is not able to irrigate its landscape just for making it more gorgeous to look at. ...
Many Navajos do not have a job because there is just no chance to work somewhere. ... The old Navajos smoked it because they thought that it would make it easier for them to get in touch with their spirits. ... So many of the Navajos signed a manuscript that was trying to take the US government to court for stealing the coalfields in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. Since then many of the Navajos are being reimbursed by the US government on a monthly basis. ... The Navajos have to cope with nighttime temperatures below 0°F without having the chance to heat up the house enough to keep at least 70°F. ... After giving in to the US government the old Navajos saw no future for
themselves and started to
drown their sorrows .
It is hard to understand the mo-
tives of those people but you have
to see that all the values written
down by the old Navajos were
nothing but papers during that
time. ... I didn’t really care but I found out that the only reason he was bothering me was that I was white…
Navajos and their views on other races
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hey don’t like whites much in the Navajo Nation. ... The Navajos don’t want to see you as a friendly German who is seeking some information about their customs. ... Many of the Navajos don’t see a purpose in being interested in other religions and cultures. ... The US government should make it easier for the Navajos, or the Native Americans in general, to live outside the reservations. ... My time with the Navajos definitely changed my way of thinking and the way how I approach people.
Approximate Word count = 4954
Approximate Pages = 19.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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