PUBERTY RITES OF PASSAGE

In the video below, traditional counselor Ray Deal talks about renewing rites of passage for boys and young men, for respect to women and preventing violence, what it is to become a man and what families intergenerationally do. Instructing on male rites of passage

FAMILIES ENVISIONING ​Diné Bikeyah

Envisioning our families 102 years from now on Diné Bikeyah means stepping up and taking responsibility. It means already knowing what is valuable for our families that ought to be in place 102 years from now, which is a Diné lifetime. Intergenerational sharing means your family is speaking with one another, relating, and sharing knowledge.

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kinship childare advice during covid

Here are kinship advice from families in our Kinship Coordination Childcare Stipend project in January, 2021. ​A'hee hee for all your stories, photos and advice. They give us hope

kinship visions

Thank you for sharing your kinship dreams and visions. We have posted only a few of what was received, as completely as possible, and anonymously. Some of you wrote very long visions, others are shorter. A'hee hee  for every single one. ​

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WHAT VACCINES MEAN to MY FAMILY

In November and December 2021, Navajo Family Voices asked families to send to us their family videos expressing their thoughts and advice on vaccines. Families were simply requested to express their true feelings on vaccines, positive or negative. Families from Shiprock to Teec Nos Pos, to Magdalena, to Crownpoint and to Gallup and Pine Hill on the Navajo Nation sent in films and powerpoints. ​Every video received is now put together in a 50 minute film completed just before Christmas that expresses community thoughts on vaccines in their own creativity and voices, in videos made by themselves. The families who made it want to make an impact with their own voices, on as many communities that can listen, especially now that the latest variants are touching everyone. We have done our best to faithfully present family voices as untouched as possible.

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Diné Bikéyah

The land, ​Diné Bikéyah, is the source of our families' spiritual health.

Diné Maternal Family

Diné family support networks take on tremendous importance.

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NAVAJO LAND TENURE

Farming is the heart and soul of Diné community life in many parts of the reservation, yet because of the permit system, it is also the modern day cause of familial conflict.

AJOOBÁ AND K'​É -- FOUNDATIONal principles

Decisions are never made until everyone understands what the plan is and how it is put in place.

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native american foods for life

​The History of Native American Cuisine: Using Ancestral Native American Ingredients and Foods for Health and Wellness in our Native Communities.

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the story of dawn boy

The story of Dawn Boy, re-told over generations in our Journey Narratives, is the origin story of the white dawn, the original Family Leader of children with extra needs.

​talk for us in the anglo way

When I was younger, I used to travel with my grandfather to the Chuska Mountains to collect natural herbs. We gave offerings of corn pollen to Mother Earth for providing us with blessings. My grandparents would say to me, keep going to school, you will talk for us in the Anglo way, to help your Diné people . . .

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