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'AUTHOR' .' Bia, Fred; And OtersTITLE u , Our Community '-- Today and Yesterday. Book One (Nihil.

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> Hahoodzodoo -=. Diijiidi doo Adaadaa. NaaltsoosT'aala'i Gone Yits'iligifl, Fourth Grade Navajo'Ailingual,-Bicultural Sociq. Studies Cgrriculum. .

INSTITUTION 'Rough Rock Demonstration School, Ariz. Navaho, Curriculum Center..

SPONS AGENCY Office of Indian Education (ED), Washington, D.C.PUB DATE ,'' 82

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EDRS'PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available VrOm EDRS.DESCRIPTORS *American Indian Education; *Communitly . .

Characteristi6s; *Environment&l IWfluOces; Grade 4;Human Resources; Intermediate GradesrLocal History;

. Natural Resource6; Navajo; *$ocial Studies; Units of-'Study; Weather.

IDENTIFIERSA *Arizona (kough Rock)r *Navajo (Nation)

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ABSTRACT. Pres'ented in fige chapters, book 1 of the 'Rough Rock

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fourth grade Navajo social stOri s program text is written in Navajoand English.'The first chapter i on the community of Rough Rock' t

(Arizoni) illustrated by pkotog i aphs of the community and people.Chapter II discusses he four elements (air, Water, earth, and fire)the community needs to survive. Chapter III, tells about the weatherand the community expliining,the four s4asons, the cycle of rain(both the Navajo version and scfehtifid version), and the need fordifferent types of weather. Chapter IV looks at plants and animals in

,Rou0h Rock. Presented are a geographical description-of Rough Rock,effepts of elevation on weather, and plant life, animal life in the -

community', and how,Navajoe take care or the land. Chapter V is:on the. people and our community. Chapter topics include: people's dependence

-4;off plants for food,, use of yman resources ib the community, the, helping relationship of Navajo families, and what makes a,comniunity.

iAt the end-of eachlphipter is a list of vocabulari buikding words! spelled in Navajo and in English. (ERB)

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TITLE IV-B MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT PROACT*

With the Assistance of Rough Rock Commuhity Members,

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Teresa Carty, Curriculum Specialist

Marvin Yillowhair, Linguistic Consultant

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Navajo Curriculum CenterRough Rock Demonstration School

Rour,ROck, Arizona 86503

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*Special thanks te Gene, Johnson, Frank Isaac, Alfred Yazzie, Emerson Begay,and the members ofthe'Title IV-B Parent

Advisory Committee, whose contributions of linguistic and cultural coptent made this publication possible This book

was produced with funds from a Title IV-B federal grant. I

'ROugh Rock School Board: Wade Hadley, Teddy McCurtai , Thomas James, Billy Johnson, Simon Socodic;

Jimmie C. Begay, Executive Director.r

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Nthit Hahoodzod66, Dffifidi d66 'AdO0d06 = Our Community, Today and Yesterday/

Navajo.and EnglishSummary A bilingual social studies textbook emphasizing the Navajo way of life-and

man's place in the natural world. _

1 . Navajo Indians Juvenile literature(1 Navajo lndians 2 Indians of North America Social Life and Customs3 Social Sciences 4 Navajo Language Meteriats -- Bilingual)

I Navajo Curriculum Center II Title Our Community; Today and Yestdrday

E99 N3N53 1982 306' 08997 82-83573

ISBN 0-936008-04-0

International Standard Book Number 0-936008-04-0Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 82-083573

FIRST EDITIONPrinted in,the United States of America

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NIHIL HAHOODZOD EQDihifiDi ADAADA*

Our CommunityIToday ánd Yesterda

Book One

T'AALA' GoNE' DAH SHIJAAIGirNihit HahilociZodirM:

CHAPTER ONEOur Community: Rough Rock

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Tsachlzhi hoplyéedi kééhwiief. DII nihit hahoodzo át1.6. Nihit haTioodzo la ha'atli

bee, hadéfé?We live in a place called Rough Rock. This is our comr9unity. Do you.know what makes 7\a community? War ' 9

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Would our co munity be diffeient,without some of the things in the pictures?/1

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Our community needs four elements.

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The earth's sdrface that we live on now provides many thingsfemale. We call it our.mother.

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Bee iináanii fa' nááhódlc5, tO,' nahosdzáán Dácia'deestringcio dOObeda'ak'idgció dóó tooh danflifgóó dóó to hadaazIfigóci dahOlc5. Tsé Chlzhi to él tohaälinigfi binahji yééjr: Tsé Ch'izhi Bito'.

We can find another element, water, in the earth. It is in lakes, ponds, rivers and

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:We can also'fihd water in the air. You/can s'ee it in clouds, mist or fog. The water that iscor:Irgitlartitivalitclo,uds becomes rain.

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Nihits'fis BIM to bir dahOlOpgo dt'é. Deesdoigo to nihpph haatit. Dif to gátasiilwolyé. Nihitáa'gi bpph haatit. NihizábpphgO6 dO6 nihich'OayahgO6 hOjiit'ffhgo bpphteh. T6 hpph haatitigif bitah yileehgo to yOp náltsih doo AádOO

hwee .nádhoneezk'ázl teh.

We can find water in our bodies, too. When it is hotoutside, water from your body poPsout on your skin..We, call this water sweat. It bubbles up on your forehead. You canfeel it.on your lip.and under, your arms. When water from your body meeth air, the,wpter dries or evaporates. then you feel cooler again.

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Kp' akló' bee iindanii áfé. 41 bee siniido. Nahosdzáán biyi'di, atradi holc5.Hooghan atnirgi hól0. Yd atradi, hóráadi WO. gi jóhónaa'éf dabidirni.alcIó' kg' hcilg'. A

Fire is another element we need. Fire, makes us warm. It is atthe middle of the earth. ft

is at the middle of the hogan. It is at the middle of the univerSe, in the sky. We call that

fire, stilt You also have fire in the rflidde 'of you..

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Air, earth, water.and firework together. They have many uses..We need air, earth,.

water and fire, to live. Which of the four elements can you see in ese pictures?.

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Dirgo bee iinanfgff nihit hahoodzofglf yfka'anlwo'. 4fcWi d66 nahosdzaan d66 tod66 kcr-nihit hahoodzod66 niidzin. Hooghan adiilnfitgi niidzin. Dff booghan.nfmazidan6q. Dirgo bee iinaanii haidflgif la choozljdgo ályaa?

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Do you need air to build a hogan?Do you need-earth to build a hogan?Do you need water to build a hogan?Do you need fire to build a hogan?

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Livestock, plants and people heed,the.four elements to survive:Which of the four

elernenu4lo you see working in these picturei?re:

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Him are the elements helping people, animals and Plants tO survive?

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Dfrgo bee iinanii bee hinii'nnigif biniinaa baa hwiily0a dooleet. Nitch'i t'66attso dahinéanii yee náhididziih. Bee naida6 dóó yéilti' dóó nahirná. Nitch'i beehinii'nánigif biniinaa baa áhwiily0? dooleet. Haash yit'eego nihit haz'Op dooleet;nitch'i doo nihit nilligció?

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Because the four elements help us, we must protect them. Air helps all living things tobre6the. It helps us walk, talk, and move arOund. Since air gives life, we must take cardof it. Max would our community be like if we did not respect the air?

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dóó nahosdzáán dóó to ció6 kpV66 attso dahináanii yee nidanise',c166 yeedahiná. Bits'0066 ,nihich'iyp' dóó nihito' WO. Bits'06c166 nihigh6n hólc5. Nihimádóó nihizhéé dóó nihirnásáni dóó nihichbii nahalingo baa nitsfikees.Hodeey66c100' dflgo bee iindanii niha. niilyá ha'nfigo bpa han Ei bppgo baaAhwiily66 dóó nihit niljj dooleet, áko náásgoó t'6610ihá siláago bee hinii'náadooleet

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Air, earth, water and fire help all living things to grow and survive. They give us foodand water .tb drink. They help us build a shelter for oui- thmilies. They are like ourparents and grandparents.Stories say the four elements have been with us since the beginning of time. We mustprotect and respect the elements, so ,they. will be there to help us in the future.

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Dinéji (Navajo):

1. hahoodzodóó2. nidzinigii3. bee iináanii4. nitch'i5. nahosdzáán6. to7. kp'8. jóhonaa'éi9. atk'i dah nidahasf0

10. ásilá'11 . bikáa'gi12. niilyéi13. adiijoot14. átásiil.15. hófáahdi16. ni' bitráahdi17. azázi18. bee iind19. nihich'66h silá20. it ilf21. n66sgós5

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1. community2. need3. elements4. air.6. -earth6. water7. fire8. sun9. levels

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12. natural13. evaporate14. sweat15. universe

, 16., underworld17.. ancestors18. sunave1 9. protect20. respect21. future

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CHAPTER THREEWeather and Our Cammunity

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Dfrgo- bee iináaii nihit hahoodzOdóó nitch'i tahgo AnAyoodliit. Lahda nahattin teh.

Lahda éi nichill teh. Lahda éi náádeesdcli teh,fif doodago deesk"aaz teh, éle

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The four elements give our community many kinds of weather. Sometimes it rains.

Sometimes it snows. Sometimes.it is very hot, or very cold, or very windy.

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Our cornmuniN needs all these kinds of weather. The different kinds of weather make

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Not every community has--the same climate. Somse places have hot; dry cliinates. In

these places, it is like summer all year. There is verY little rain. What would' you do

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Lahogóó adahwiis'áágóó ayóo , dadeesKaai, t'66 bit yas danitsaago. Dfigi

Mahoot'éégódo f'66 haigo ahéédahwiilzhiish. DoO ayóo dadrnidiin da clóó doo ayóo

dadeesdoi da. Haash yit'épgo tahgo áféego dodeet diigi dhoot'éhigi

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.Our climate is not like any of these places. It does not s.taY hot and dry all year. It doesnot rain all year. It is not cold and snoWy all year.

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CHAPTER FOURThe and We Lit/e On

Kéyah b'jkee' ééhwiit'Inigif t'exi ahayóigoó Nanise' dóónaaldlooshii dóó dine yikee' dahine, bighan at'é.The land we live on gives us many things. The land is a home to plants, animals andpeople. 104

Dzit Yijiin bitsfigóci keehlit:f. Najjgoósh ay6s5 anizaadi_ hód'ah-di ni'6 ciahalin? Dzif

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We live below Black Mesa. When you look up at it, does Black Mesa seem veryiligh to

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Where do you see ponderosa pines near our community? Where do you see pinyon

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CHAPTER FIVEPeople end Our Community

Dine, haashff nittsogo nanisé doó naaldlooshii edaafehigii Adaafé. Chlyeen &Sotdoó to do& bighan yee hine. Nidi tahgo áfé atdo'. Kééhaffigi tahgo ilhoot'éegoeheléehgo yineel'O.

People are like plants and animals in some ways. People need food, water and shelterto survive. But people are differeht, tdo. They are able to change the place where theylive. .77

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People do not have.to depend on the plants that grow around them for food. T y canraise their own food.nwtt,

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Doo nitts?' bits'66d00' to t'éiyá ya'ólii da. Dirgo bee iina'anii .Chiyoorfigo to dóót'dadoo le'é yinfziniigif nichfiyooffeeh.

They do not have'to depend only on rainfall for water. They can use the four elements 1 5jto find new ways of getting water and other things theY need.

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Dfrgo .bee iinaanii af iina bá sir& woly\ !Ma IA snail éi dahinaaniichidayooripo yee dahiria. Nanise' dóó na ldlooshii iin6 bá siléii bitya'ahootinigi- chidayoorfigo yee dahina. Di é akló" iina pa siléii chidayoon.Nidi diné. iina bá siléii ja' t'aabi' adeile'. Ina sisiléii la ha4daat'éhigii nihinagóódahólc5?

The four elements are resources. A resource is something living things can use tohelp them survive. Plants and animals use the resources in their niche. People usesresources, too. But people are able to make new resources. What are some resources.we use in our community?

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In a family, some people help with the cooking. Some people ake care of livestock.Some people plant and harvest the crops. Some people have jo away from* home.The money they earn at the job helps the whole family. The mily is sharingresources.

Dine atic'ef danilinigli ahillSanejah. Hooghan elnéehgi da ahitke'anejah. Clyiyeenda hatealgi nidayiijeahgo. Kintahgóci da bik'ef yit ch'aanidaakago. line be sileilaheetféego chidayooll.

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Nihil hahoodiod66 t'66 ahayói t'ad la' dahooghan, d66 arp? Aci6one'ó alk'efdanilinigif Diné ááfeelgo ácia'arfigo iiná bá siléii chidayoorif c166philká'anájah.

Our community has many families, and many clans. The people in our community dodifferent things to share resources and help each other.

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Kéyah' atcló' -nihit haahoodzodó6 atah bee hahodet'é.Ni' deigo ánizahigif biniinaa nanise' dóó naaldlooshii cició nitch'i attah itafeetiiniheehOlónigils adahwiis'áágo adaadin.

What Makes a CoMmunity?We need many things to have a community. We could mit survive without the fourelements. We need rain, snow, and many diffenent kirids of weather.

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community:Because the land is a certain elevation, we have plants, animals and727 weather,that other places. not have.

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People are needed td have a community. The people do not have to be ajl alike. They do,

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