LibGuides: Languages at SLCC: Navajo (Diné bizaad)

Navajo Language

Navajo (Dine' Bizaad) is an Athabascan Native American language in the S.W. of the U.S. It is only related to Apache.

Databases for Navajo Culture and Language

Although SLCC’s databases offer few articles geared toward undergraduate students of Navajo, they do provide information about a great variety of topics relating to Navajo culture, which is an important part of learning the language.

Academic Search Ultimate
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Ultimate provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
Ethnic NewsWatch
A FULL-TEXT collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
JSTOR
(1800's to recent past) FULL-TEXT online access to older issues of selected scholarly journals. Areas of interest include Architecture & Architectural History, Art & Art History, Film Studies, Music, Performing Arts history, and more.
ProQuest Newsservice- U.S. Newsstream (formerly ProQuest Newsstand (Complete))
Has coverage of over 150 U.S. and international newspapers. Ninety days of FULL-TEXT articles to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal are included. Use this source to find articles in the Salt Lake Tribune. Formerly called ProQuest Newsstand (Complete).

Books at SLCC Libraries

Navajo grammar starts at 497.2 Books on Navajo people and culture are located in 979.00497 and 979.100497

Some book searches are at the following library catalog links.

Navajo Culture and Language Websites

Dual Language Navajo-English Dictionary (PDF)
An English-Navajo wordlist in a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader). Rather outdated, but contains interesting information about kinship terms and Navajo clan system.
Navajo Lang. from Navajopeople.org Site
Good basics in site by Clayton Long, a language instructor for the San Juan School District and Harold Carey, a historian from Idaho.
Navajo Times
The newspaper of the Navajo People.
Omniglot : Navajo
Navajo writing system and pronunciation.
Codetalkers Page from NMAI
Guide to the history of the Codetalkers in World War II from the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Languages at SLCC: Navajo (Diné bizaad)

Navajo Language

Databases for Navajo Culture and Language

Books at SLCC Libraries

Navajo Culture and Language Websites

Navajo Videos or Widgets