Navajo Women

[ranchergal8]

Not sure what your tribal affilication is or where you are, but you're welcome. If you're not up to speed on Navajo history and culture I think you'd be VERY surprised at the power of Navajo women.

I am Navajo and so are all of my relatives.

Navajo men of yore wore deerskin "skirts" - they weren't pleated so guess they'd be skirts.

It seems like you're trying very hard to make the piece of clothing a skirt.

...but have seen plenty of times a frail granma "Sani" raised an eyebrow partially and full grown men raced to carry out her unspoken wishes. True matriarchy reigns in this part of the world. A lady came within a few votes of being elected President of the Navajo Nation just a few months ago. A lady is Chief of Police of the Navajo Nation.

Well, again from your eyes, elderly and women don't have much value. What is does true matriach mean to you? There is respect, reverence and high value placed on her as much depends on her. Even though you have spent time on the NN, it doesn't seem like you understand OR not able to convey that to the readers.

If you understand a certain "Navajo contrariness"...an attitude of still being at war with the "Bilagaana (White people)" It makes more sense.

There is no war. There is a distinct awareness that Navajos don't quite have the same values as in your society. Perhaps it would be like scottish vs. welsh vs. english and I know there are differences there and it still exists.

IWe don't do politics on this board and I don't wanna drift there. Just know that Navajo women really are strong and powerful within their reservation and families - I say this culturally, rather than politically.

Navajo society still exists on the Nation as well as in the cities. This is a practicing society even though the US Government has been here for the past 230 years. Don't worry that you don't quite understand as there are many native nations that don't understand that in due to the French / English / Colonists who got their own ways and many native nations whose citizens do not speak the language nor practice their spiritual / religion. As to the "political", it is alive and well. Just because the woman who ran for the president's office was not elected, it's really not a big deal. If she was elected, it is expected that she will serve the people (Dine).