Navajo
Indians Yesterday And Today
By: Hayes G.
In the 1800s, America bought land from Mexico.
Americans came to that land to look for gold and silver. The Navajos lived
were the Americans were looking for gold and silver. Then the Navajo and
Americans fought. The Americans won in the end and a man named
Christopher (Kit) Carson forced 8,000 Navajos off there
land. 
Children were forced to go to boarding schools and grown-ups went to
a place called Fort Sumner.
Life at Fort Sumner was hard. Navajos
missed their land. 2,000 Navajos died of starvation and disease!
4 years
after they had arrived Americans saw that they couldn't make Navajos like
Pueblo Indians. They made a treaty with the Navajos. Now Navajos don't live
at Fort Sumner, so they have time for
hobbies
Weaving is something Navajos do today. One of the
girls chores is weaving. Navajo sell things they weave to make
money. The Navajo started weaving with sheep's wool. Some Navajo women still use vegetable dies for
color. 
Navajo women still weave blankets, rugs, and belts from wool.