Navajo Indians

Report on Navajo Indians



I have decided to do my report on The Navajo Indians. I became interested in them when I was on holiday in Arizona U.S.A and I met a Navajo Indian Kajo.
The Navajo Indians live in the deserts of Arizona. They were hunters and warriors as well as farmers. The Navajo Indians used to rear lots of sheep. The Navajo women were very good at making silverware and weaving. The rugs that they made took about 18 months to make and every rug told a story. These stories were passed down from generation to generation. Navajo people believe that Spider Woman (one of their holy people) first taught the Navajo women to weave.
After many years of fighting the white settlers the Navajo Indians surrendered to the American army in 1864 and they were put onto a reservation – they still live on that reservation today, it is called Monument Valley and it is one of the largest Indian reservations. Over ...