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Teaching Resources
Archive of Online Sources
Government Reports Documenting U.S. Relations with the Navajo Nation (University of Northern Colorado, Michener Library, Government Publications) This site is a collection of scanned documents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1853 to 1905.
Selected Sources on Navajo Culture
Internet Sacred Text Archive. Native American. The Navajo. (www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nav/index.htm) This site is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language. Includes full-text access to the following:
Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians by Aileen O'Bryan; BAEB 163 [1956]
The Mountain Chant by Washington Matthews; UCPAAE 5:2 [1906]
Noqoìlpi, the Gambler: A Navajo Myth by Washington Matthews; JAFL 2:5 [1889]
The Navajo Indians by William M. Edwardy; Harper's Weekly 34, July 5th, [1890]. This article is also available from the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center. Click here to view it.
Navaho Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard [1933]. (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History vol. XXIV pt. I)
Navaho Origin Legend by A. M. Stephen, JAFL 43:88-104 [1930].
Navajo Creation Myth By Hasteen Klah, Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright [1942].
In the Beginning: A Navaho Creation Myth told by Frank Goldtooth, recorded by Stanley A. Fishler [1953]
Din'e (Navajo) Literature. Indians.org is the main web site of the National Indian Heritage Foundation. This collection of Navajo folktales and myths was compiled by Glen Welker.