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by Shane Brown
The story of our Diné is more intricate than what has been told in the history books.
The stories passed down from generation to generation throug...
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by Shane Brown
In the traditional teachings there are four basic metals.
The Black Metal, The Blue Metal, The Yellow Metal, and the White Metal.
The Blue met...
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by Shane Brown
The legends say... turquoise is meant to remind us of our existence in the Blue World. The Blue World is the second in the teachings of the four ...
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by Shane Brown
“iiná” Movement is life.
The third sacred direction… West is life or movement.
Previously we discussed the direction East (Thinking), and South...
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The four sacred directions and the sacred number four are followed when planning.
Planning in the traditional way requires us to look into the n...
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You’ll see in the video, Navajo Historian, Wally Brown refers to the “Hero Twins” as the “Two Boys”.
He does this because the two boys are not a...
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by Shane Brown
Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, teaches about the first Trotting Coyote story that was told. And it references geographic areas which is also impo...
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by Shane Brown
Our Diné share these to teach and remember where we come from and who we are.
But, there is a problem. One story covers the progression from the...
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by Shane Brown
As the mountains change with the seasons, the colors match perfectly with the four sacred colors.
In this episode, Navajo Historian, Wally Brown t...
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