Navajo Clan System Basics

Explore the basics of the Navajo Clan System and its importance in Navajo culture for 3rd graders.

Grade 3 Social studies Community & CulturesNavajo Clan System

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Navajo Clan System Basics

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use what you know about the Navajo Clan System.

The Navajo people have a special way of organizing their families and communities called the Clan System. It helps them know who they are, where they come from, and how they are connected to others.

1. What is the main purpose of the Navajo Clan System?

To decide who gets to play games

To help people know their family connections

To choose leaders for the tribe

To organize school classes

2. If your mother is from the 'Red House Clan', what clan are you born for?

Your father's clan

The 'Red House Clan'

A new clan you choose

You don't have a clan

3. In the Navajo culture, you are born into your mother's .

4. Your father's clan is called your clan.

5. A traditional Navajo home, often associated with clan life, is called a .

6. The Navajo Clan System helps people understand their family history.

True

False

7. In the Navajo Clan System, you can marry someone from your mother's clan.

True

False

8. Why is it important for Navajo children to learn about their clans?