US: Learning Navajo helps students connect to their culture

[Francis Hult]

Indian Country



Learning Navajo helps students connect to their culture

Navajo is not only a language that may be learned through classes at Arizona State University, it’s a way for students to reconnect to their culture.



“Language is one key thing. You can still be Navajo without knowing the language, but there are a lot of teachings like songs and ceremonies that can’t be sung in English. It wouldn’t make sense and it wouldn’t be the same,” said Elijah Allan, an Arizona State University senior majoring in conservation biology and geology with a minor in American Indian Studies.

Full story:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/05/03/learning-navajo-helps-students-connect-their-culture-154613
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