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Sofia Quintero, Andrea Santos & Nicole Saboya.

Wow! There are so many facts to know about Navajos! Some of them are that they preferred non-spicy and fresh foods. When the Navajo family wanted to eat fish the men had to make a trap made out of bamboo to catch the fish. They also liked to drink a lot of drinks but one of the popular ones and their favorite one was..... hot chocolate.

Do you know where the Navajos lived? The Dine (Navajos) migrated from Canada to the U.S.A between 1000-1400 A.D. Their neighbors were the Pueblo, Apache and Hopi. The people traded crops,animals and foods with the Pueblo Indians in the southwest.

Navajos had a different way of life. Navajos traveled by canoes or just walking. The Dine got horses from the Spanish. The peoples' horses made it easier to raid farther away. The Navajos had contact with the Spanish settlers.

Read more to find out facts about the Navajos. Hello in Navajo is "yaateh." In the long walk more than 300 people died. The tools that they used were: bow and arrows,hoes,rakes and spears. They also used spindles. The Dine believed in a natural world. Navajos had to marry out side the hogan because they thought that if they married inside the bad spirits would come and give them bad luck.

We hope you've enjoyed learning about the Navajo Indians.