The Navajo Tribe Of The United States is the largest Native American tribe. They lived in what is now northern Arizona, southeastern Utah and northern New Mexico. They lived off corn and some meats such as sheep. They lived in what The English called strange houses of dirt and were used to make colorful sand paintings. They called themselves the Dine in Navajo language which means both the people and rising sun. A different type o Navajo people that probably left them for some reason live in Colorado. This is just a brief description that arep not the main ingredients of this essay. This essay is about the tribe today, its treatment by the U.S. Government and the farming they did.

Most of the farming techniques the navajo did were copied from the pueblo people. Theyre main produce was a type of corn caled maize. If they ran out of this would also eat beans, squash and melons. If they couldn't eat that they would eat small game. In the 1600s when the Spanish started ariving they would steal sheep from that and use the wool as blankets and clothes. They would also eat its meet. The Spanish would get angry by this and kill most of the sheep.
Above are the main foods of the Navajo. They also hunted deer antelope a wild rabbits. Whatever was left was used as clothes or trophies. Today Navajo cooks traditionally cook over open fires and use a variety of vegetables like onions, spinach, cactus and cedar brush. They make blue bread and corn pudding. They also use berries and yuca bananas.

During The 1800s the U.S. treated the Navajo very harsh. In 1862 The U.S. army had wanted to remove the Navajo from their land. Their four sacred mountains were taken away then some of their land. The government got desperate and chased away some of their horses. After nothing worked The U.S. did what is called a scorched earth campaign and demolished everything the Navajo used. (food,homes,etc.). Thousands of people surrendered after this and the Long Walk Of The Navajo began. In early 1963 groups pf Navajo people led by the army were moved int reservations.

More than 200 died during the long journey. It took 18 days to get there . Once they arrived at Fort Sumner about 350 Apache people were there. This was a problem because both tribes had a history of fighting. The area was onl big enough for 5,000 people and there was far more people than that. A treaty was signed in 1868 that promised The Navajo a variety of crops, and alot of school teachers. Alot of people were satified.

~The US should be begging for forgiveness anyway because Navajo helped in ww2

There are reservations for the Navajos in the states where they lived. They own 17.5 million acres as reservation land. Today may Navajos are honored because they were code talkers in the miltairy. There is a Memorial for these brave soldiers near a landmark called window rock. Today they have a flag that looks like a normal US state flag. It has a picture of Navajo property and a rainbow. Most of the tribe members look at this as a state flag

I think that the Navajo are like every other group of people. The had some fights and bad times. They moved different places. Alot died while moving.(unlike last year's blog i'm serious about the dieing thing. Over 200 people died od disease and heatstroke during the walk.)