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The four sacred mountains in the cardinal directions of Navajo Country hold great importance. They are named in sunwise order and associated with the colors of the four cardinal directions: Sisnaajiní or Blanca Peak (white in the east), Tsoodził or Mt. Taylor (blue in the south), Doko’oosłííd or the San Francisco Peaks (yellow in the ...
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English: A series of United States Indian reservation locator maps, constructed mostly with Tiger/LINE and BIA open data, with supplements from the Canadian and Mexican censuses. Generated on July 24, 2019.
Mount Taylor is sacred to the pueblos of Acoma, Laguna and Zuni, and the Hopi and Navajo people. [8] Mount Taylor is Tsoodził, the blue bead mountain, sometimes translated as Turquoise Mountain, one of the four sacred mountains marking the cardinal directions and the boundaries of the Dinetah, the traditional Navajo homeland. Mount Taylor ...
Two corn plants, green in color, are located in the bottom and represent the sustainability of life of the Navajo. The tips of the two corn plants are decorated with pollen, which is often used in ceremonies. In the center, between the mountains, sheep, horse and cow are located, all of which symbolize the Navajo lifestock industry. [1] [2]
The English designation Agathla is derived from the Navajo name aghaałą́ meaning 'much wool', apparently for the fur of antelope and deer accumulating on the rock. [3] The mountain is considered sacred by the Navajo. Agathla Peak is an eroded volcanic plug consisting of volcanic breccia cut by dikes of an unusual igneous rock called minette.
Blanca Peak is known to the Navajo people as the Sacred Mountain of the East: Sisnaajiní [11] (or Tsisnaasjiní [12]), the Dawn or White Shell Mountain. The mountain is considered to be the eastern boundary of the Dinetah, the traditional Navajo homeland. It is associated with the color white, and is said to be covered in daylight and dawn and ...
There are four colors that are considered sacred by the Navajo people. Black, white, yellow and blue represent each of the sacred mountains surrounding the Navajo in the Dinétah region. In keeping with this, the number four also has special significance to the Navajo , exemplified by the importance of the four cardinal directions, four seasons ...