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Show - 264- A History of Utah's American Indians WBBSm AH.......... i A Navajo man photographed during the 1860s. ( Marriott Library, University of Utah- U of U) The Navajos of Utah Nancy C. Maryboy and David Begay Introduction Navajos have been living in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest for hundreds of years. The land of the Navajo includes areas of southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico. Navajo people traditionally and historically refer to themselves as the Dine, meaning the People. Other variations in the meaning of " Dine" also exist- for example, Child of the Holy People. Nevertheless, all the variations of meaning are an integral part of one whole, which expresses an interrelationship with the cosmos. Sacred oral stories passed down from generation to generation tell of cosmological origins and continuous evolvement through four eras or worlds, ultimately leading to what the Navajos call Hajiinei, the Emergence, that brought the Navajos to their present location. |
