Virus Among the Navajo

Among the Navajo medical researchers like me, this virus did not draw much attention to indigenous "medical" tradition. However, the results of a recent survey in the "four corners" area indicate that we need to consider the ancient concepts and the ecological history of that area. A few months ago, the New Mexico State Health Department reported to my department (Medical Research Bureau) that three healthy young adults of the Navajo family died of sudden respiratory illness.

Regardless of how or when the Navajo ancestors entered the Four Corners District, the Navajo and Anasazi (Pueblo's ancestors) are between Navajo and Navajo and have a long history that many information sources I believe. There are mass migration and tribal adaptation among the people of Pueblo. "They were influenced by the people we met and they themselves introduced new ideas and techniques to the new area, Athabascus was in charge of introducing forest pottery, in the southwest, Hogan, Tipi, Shield and stitch Bones and meteorite points, and soft leather shoes. "5

Nathan Begaye is a unique innovator of Pueblo and Navajo potters. His work uses traditional designs, shapes and techniques, but it is very modern. His ethnic connection between Hopi and Navajo made his work flow between two unique styles, but found his own unique space. This is his two classic pottery. (Http://www.kinggalleries.com) Rainy Naha - Hopi Tewa - Rainy Naha made a beautifully coiled pottery, traditionally thin walled pottery. White is white clay mud polished on the clay surface. Her designs are painted in various color natural clay paints or black bees (plants). The bottom seed is her classic spot pattern. The part near the opening is various stages of the moon. A small panel under the satellite has a traditional Hopi design including clouds, rain, pottery and Cartesina.

Brian Young is a film producer in Navajo and currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His project includes two short films (Lady and the Eagle and Rainbow Bird) and Yeego Nitl'aa (a series of practical videos told in Navajo). He wrote this article for Thinking L. A., a partner of UCLA and Zocalo Public Square.

Clyde Crookhorn is known for its contribution to the Navajo American Indian ethnographic magazine. His interest in the Navajo began in the early days of his life, in 1922 he lived among them, and learned their language and customs. Since the summer of 1936, he has conducted a serious ethnographic journal survey with Ramah Navaho. Kluckhohn explains the Navajo Indian customs in combination with psychoanalysis, learning and social structural theory, perhaps in his Navaho Witchcraft (1944) which is one of his best works. In general, during his lifetime he established edits of various aspects of a respectable Navajo culture.