The Navajo Origin Legend

What did the Navajo Tribe Name Derive from?

• The Americans who called the "Apaches of Navajo"

• The Spanish who called them "Apaches of Navajo"

• They created the name themselves

True or False: Deer, Ducks, and Corn was their main food source

• True

• False

What did the Navajo tribe live in and what did they hunt?

• Wooden Cabins, Birds

• Straw House; They didn't hunt

• Wigwams, Buffalo

• Mud House, Fish

True or False: They are still Navajo Tribe people living today?

• True

• False

What is the theme of the Navajo tribe legend?

• The celebration of corn

• The creation of the first man and woman of the Navajo Tribe

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Protrude means to

• Stick out

• Move forward

• Exit

• Move

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What did the woman of Navajo dry themselves with?

• Buckskins

• The wind

• Yellow Cornmeal

• White Cornmeal

What did the corn symbolize in the story?

• Foundation of Life

• Foundation of Trust

• Family

• Thankfulness

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

True or False: Is the Navajo Tribe the First or Second Largest tribe in the U.S.?

• First

• Second

Is this story fiction or non-fiction?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6