Understanding the Navajo Clan System
A Grade 4 worksheet exploring the structure and importance of the Navajo Clan System in community and culture.
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Understanding the Navajo Clan System
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you learn about the Navajo Clan System.
1. What is the main purpose of the Navajo clan system?
To organize hunting parties
To connect people through family and identity
To decide who lives in which house
To choose the best farmers
2. In the Navajo culture, a person is born for their mother's clan and born into their father's clan. This helps them understand their .
3. The Navajo clan system helps people know their and how they are related to others.
4. The Navajo clan system is only important for people who live far away from each other.
True
False
5. Why is it important for Navajo children to learn about their clans?
Match each term to its meaning.
6. K’é
a. Another word for family relationships
7. Clan
b. A group of families who share a common ancestor