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- noun Plural form of
Navajo .
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Examples
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The Navajos are the aristocrats of the Southwestern country.
Roughing it De Luxe John T. McCutcheon 1910
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The Navajos are a wandering tribe, and pretend to despise all people who live in fixed dwellings.
The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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The Tehuas would reap many scalps; she would have had her revenge; and the deed could be so performed as to make those at the Rito believe that the Navajos were the perpetrators.
The Delight Makers Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier 1877
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The Navajos are the dominant race, yet they live on terms of practical equality and affiliate without feuds.
Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell 1868
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Their identification as Apaches depends crucially on the fact that the Indians who live today at Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico and whose ancestors the Querechos may have attacked call Navajos and Apaches Kearitsa’a—which Coronado may have rendered as Querecho.
Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994
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Their identification as Apaches depends crucially on the fact that the Indians who live today at Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico and whose ancestors the Querechos may have attacked call Navajos and Apaches Kearitsa’a—which Coronado may have rendered as Querecho.
Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994
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Navajos often bury their children's umbilical cords in the land to tie them to it.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, Native American Health Advocate The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Navajos often bury their children's umbilical cords in the land to tie them to it.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, Native American Health Advocate The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The few of us Navajos there were instantly drawn to each other, and we helped and supported each other.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, Native American Health Advocate The Huffington Post 2010
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The few of us Navajos there were instantly drawn to each other, and we helped and supported each other.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, Native American Health Advocate The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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