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Closing Prayer from the Navajo Blessing Way Cermony

Ho'zho'ogo naasha'a doo In beauty I walk

Shitsiji' ho'zho'ogo naasha'a doo With beauty before me I walk

Shike'e'de'e' ho'zho'ogo naasha'a doo With beauty behind me I walk

Shideigi ho'zho'ogo naasha'a doo With beauty above me I walk

Ta'a' altso shinaago'o' ho'zho'ogonaasha'a doo With beauty arround me I walk

Ho'zho' na'ha'sdlii' It has become beauty again

NAVAJO CLANS

When a Navajo baby is born, he or she belongs to the clan f the mother. The clan name passes through her to her children. When a young man marries, it must be to someone completly outside his clan. Even though people in his clan are not all blood related, it is considered inappropriate to marry within ones own clan This rule is strictly observed. Should it occur, it would be considered "incest" to the Navajo people.

In the Navajo way, two Navajo's of the same clan, meeting for the first time,will refer to each other as" brother or sister " Navajos that are cousins in the American sence, think of each other as "brother or sister" in the Navajo sence.

NAVAJO PRAYER

This Hogan will be a blessed Hogan.

It will become a Hogan of Dawn,

Dawn Boy will live in beauty in it,

It will be a Hogan of white corn,

It will be a Hogan of soft goods,

It will be a Hogan of crystal water,

It will be a Hogan dusted with pollen.

It will be a Hogan of long - life happyness,

It will be a Hogan of beauty above it,

It will be a Hogan of beauty all arround it.

From Hogan Blessing Cermony

Objects needed for blessing Hogan

East Wall-good piece of turquoise. imbedded

Door Lentel-Herbs & minerals from each of the four sacred mts..

Closing words in NIGHTWAY CHANT

The world before me is restored in beauty

The world behind me is restored in beauty

The world below me is restored in beauty

The world above me is restored in beauty

All things arround me are restored in beauty

. My voice is restored in beauty

It is finished in beauty

It is finished in beauty.

For the Navajo (as with many tribes), the

storytellers used legends to pass important

cultural infomation from one generation to the

next. As this legend is told, "Spider Woman"

was a mythological woman who lived atop

Spider Rock. There she created beautifully

intricate weavigs. One day a very curious little

girl climbed Spider Rock. She wished to learn

how the Spider Woman crafted such wonderful

creations. Astonished at the young girl's

courage, the Spider Woman revealed her

creative secrets; whereupon the little Navajo

descended from the rock and taught her

people how to duplicate the magnificent

weavings of the Spider Woman.

Mark Silversmith

In the house of long life

there I wander

In the house of happyness

there I wander

Beauty before me

with it I wander

Beauty behind me

with it I wander

Beauty below me

with it I wander

Beuuty above me

with it I wander

Beauty all arround me

with it I wander

In old age traveling

with it I wander

On the beauty trail I am

with it I wander

Main Songs used to re-dedicate birth and growth created at CHANGING WOMAN'S home contain all four sacred minerals

Dootl`izhii do'o' Yoogai Turquoise and White Shell

Naada` `algai do'o' Naada``a'ltsoi White Corn and Yellow Corn

K`os Dilhil do'o' Niltsa' Bika' Male Cloud and Male Rain

To` Altaana'shchiin do'o' To` Biya'a'zh Collected Water and Water's Child

Naada'a' Dijooli' do'o' Naada'a' Alath Hotinii Round Corn and Corn with Tops Showing

Ta'didiin do'o' Anilt`a'nii Pollen and Ripener Bird

Hadahonye` do'o' Hadahonestiin Rising Haze Male and Rising Haze Female

Si`ah Naagha'i do'o' Bik`eh Ho'zho' Long Life and Happiness Life