You have done your research! I find this video very accurate as I am Navajo and also studying American Indian Studies at ASU. Thank you for sharing and great work, we aren't all so different :D
my 4 days were amazing and will never be matched. i wish there were more accurate (language wise) versions out there. more girls should have to go through this. peace.
I'm Navajo and I went through mine when I was 11 yrs old and my 2 family members came over to do my kilnaada and when I went through it I had to run for 4 days and get up early in the morning and wear a Navajo dress with some Jewerely I couldn't lay or play on my phone I had to keep moving around and clean and run in the morning, afternoon, evening I'm so glad I'm a Navajo here is my clan, Ya'at'eh Shi ei Shante begay Yinishye Honaghanni ei nishli tachini ei bahashchiin tsinajinni ei dashichei kinyanni ei dashnali Thank u I'm so glad that I'm a Navajo and went through my kilnaada. and I'm 12 yrs old now A'he'he
You did a good job about our culture, and you have a culture from a around the world you have respect, and understand about relative culture. most people would get our culture wrong and get bad marker. but you did a good job. thanks for understand us. :D
I enjoyed the time I had with my family during my kinaalda. There are also difference on how girl will spend her day depending on where her family is from; example my mother's family the girls work hard from sun up to sun down, as my dad's side of the family you sit and enjoy the company visiting with various friends and family who come. Most time the kinaalda will take place at the maternal grandmothers place or where the mother was raised.
Just to say its alot of work, i had mine last week and my legs are trembling still from the running, and i cant celebrate my birthday anymore and my birthday is in 3 days
0:44 This was probably by a Native artist, but looks like Arthur Okamura's work. Survivor of the Japanese American WWII prison camps. Did many illustrations for books of literature and poetry. In the 1972 film 'The People," the alien children's art telling the story of their home planet were all done by him.
I did mine in March actually, it was actually fun to do everything,it snowed at mine and I’m surprised that I actually ran 4 laps in the cold,I’m proud to be Navajo,p.s many said my cake was good so I was happy about that
No just on the last night. You stay up all night with the medicine man and some of the relatives (mom,grandma, aunt, basically all the females in your family, dad, uncle.) and sing traditional songs. All our songs tell a story of how our culture and how my people came to be. And some of the songs are prayers too. You sing until sunrise without a break. This is to ensure the girl has a bright blessed future as a Diné (Navajo) the last night is the same as the other 5 nights but much crucial. After she completes the last day she is now recognized by the gods as their child and she is now a Navajo women 💞💞🥺
This is what my grandmother and mother have taught me. I haven’t had it done yet. My mom said probably soon. I already started but we have to do it later.
+Tyler Matson We didn't burrow this its a dine' ceremony even the Apache do the same ceremony. And the ceremony is done by other athabaskan groups what are you hopi thinking everything came from you fuck cliff shitters
+ash'kii naa'baa'hee Aha ha ha ha calling me cliff shitter your STUPID!! beside it's APACHE pride all the way but your still borrowed to me
