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Navajo County: Culture
The Navajo culture forms a binding glue that binds our people together as a people. The Navajo people, unlike so many Indian brothers, have been blessed to remain in our ancestral homeland. A great part of being Navajo for us is the land we live on. This land was given to us anciently by the Holy Ones who came here through the sky. The land they gave us and told us to protect lies between the four Sacred Mountains. And all of this land is ours today. The Holy Ones told us that as long as we lived within the four Sacred Mountains they would take care of us.
Canyon De Chelle lies in the heart of the land of the Navajo between the Four Sacred Mountains. This is a very sacred and beautiful place for us. It is a place where all the life giving sources are abundant. It is a place of great peace where important lessons can be learned. There are ancient ruins in the canyon. The people who lived in them form a basis of who and what we are today. This is one of the most important places for a Navajo to visit today. For millennia our people have been coming to this canyon to receive of the great strength and power that is found here. The Navajo past and present is hidden within the walls of this hallowed place.
Rather than reaching skyward from the plains as most mountains do, the canyon is hidden from the world until one happens upon it. Some of the most important things that have happened for our people has happened within this canyon. On the top of Canyon De Chelly is one of the places the Holy Ones first set their foot. This is a very holy place. It is here within the canyon that the Holy Ones taught us how to live. To this day we hold the Holy Ones in high esteem. We honor them and the teachings they gave us. We honor them by keeping alive the teachings they gave us and by living the important truths found in them.
Other Resources:
Important Sites:
Navajo County
Arizona Democratic Party
Navajo Government
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