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The Navaho (Navajo) are a peaceable agricultural North American Indian people related to the Apache originally occupying the northern part of New Mexico and Arizona.. Like the Apache, they speak a Southern Athapaskan language. The Mexicans continually attempted to reduce them, but failed. After long-continued hostilities against the whites, Colonel Carson compelled them in 1863 to leave their country and remove to Bosque Redondo as prisoners of the Government. In 1868 they were removed to Fort Wingate, and in 1869 were again placed in their old country.
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In Navajo mythology, Ahsonnutli is the immortal who created earth and sky, and keeps them apart by propping sky on four giants placed at the four compass points. The winds and storms are then caused by the panting of the giants as they bear the weight of sky.
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In Navajo Indian mythology, a chindi is the ghost left behind when a person dies. The chindi is all that was bad of the person, and is something to be dreaded for fear of it attacking the living and making them sick. The Navajo believe that after a person dies their name should never be spoken, in case the chindi hears you calling and comes and makes you ill.
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In Navajo mythology, Hastsehogan is the god of houses.
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In Navajo mythology, Hastseltsi is the god of racing.
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In Navajo mythology, Hastsezini is the fire-god.
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The Piper PA-31 is a series of American short/medium-range utility light transport aircraft with liaison capabilities that entered service in 1967. The
Piper PA-31-300 Navajo is powered by two Textron Lycoming IO-540-M flat-six piston engines providing a top speed of 365 kmh and a range of 2494 km. The
Piper PA-31 carries a pilot and up to seven passengers or freight in the cabin. A turbo model, the Turbo Navajo, is identical but powered by Lycoming TIO-540-A engines with turbo superchargers providing a top speed of 418 kmh and a range of 2495 km.
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Navajo is a cultivated variety of potato.
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Cibecue is a CDP in Navajo County, Arizona, USA.
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East Fork is a CDP in Navajo County, Arizona, USA.
East Fork is a district in Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA.
East Fork is a township in Williams County, North Dakota, USA.
East Fork is a township in Benson County, North Dakota, USA.
East Fork is a township in Montgomery County, Illinois, USA.
East Fork is a township in Clinton County, Illinois, USA.
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