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Been Listening to Navajo

I made a commitment for the month of August to listen to Navajo for 3 hours a day. Well, the month is over now and I would like to write about the experience. You can see what my baseline was for the...

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Lesser Known (and interesting) Navajo Resources

I have come across quite  few Navajo resources over the last year that have been helpful to the public. Quite a few them are mainstream and are readily available for others to purchase. I have,...

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Sound Advice for Beginning Language Learners

Everyday Language Learner.com If you have not had the opportunity to visit Aaron Myers’ site The Everyday Language Learner you are missing out. Aaron recently asked me to participate in a blog post he...

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KTNN Radio App Tip

By now you know that KTNN has a radio app for my iPod Touch; I downloaded it sometime ago. I have not invested much time in listening to the app because I thought I was listening to more English than I...

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The “Little Herder” series

There is a short series of bilingual readers that was published sometime ago. I’ve had Little Herder in Winter listed on my site for awhile now. I thought it was a little strange to have this reader...

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RSS Feeds from YouTube – Navajo Word of the Day

Daybreakwarrior YouTube feed. Click to Expand. Daybreakwarrior has been uploading a series called Navajo Word of the Day. He has been very good at explaining each word, its usage, and provides a few...

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Winter = Coyote Stories

UPDATE: 09/27/2012 San Juan School District Media Center has updated their website. I’ve updated the links to http://media.sjsd.org/ . I will also inform you the Navajo Now reader deal posted at the...

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Navajo Toddler – iPhone/iPod App

Navajo Toddler App - That sheep is adorable!! I just so happened to be looking at the different options for Navajo apps in the Apple store the other day and saw that the Navajo Toddler app was for...

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iTunesU Navajo content

NMSU on iTunesU I have never really thought of searching iTunesU for Navajo audio or video content. A quick search revealed quite a few videos. Most of the videos I found exclusively in Navajo are...

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Facebook…in Navajo. Interested?

Found something amazing from @indigenoustweet on Twitter. This is what I saw: So I responded. And @indigenoustweet responded with a test version after I had given him the Navajo word for “like”. I...

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Newfound website- Navajo Word of the Day

http://www.NavajoWOTD.com I’ve come across a relatively new Navajo site this week. It is a Navajo Word of The Day website. The site is just that, a Navajo word every day along with literal translations...

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Must Read UNM Digital Library

First of all, thank you followers via Twitter and Facebook for being my eyes while mine are in textbooks this semester. I got a link suggestion from Keisha on the Navajo Now Facebook page and I am so...

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Navajo who did not know Navajo

You can’t tell me that this has not happened to you. I know it happened to me as a child, repeatedly. Brought back some memories when I would visit  my grandparents. Comic is from a Navajo reader in...

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Dine Bizad by F.G. Mitchell (1910)

Title page of Dine Bizad, by FG Mitchell. Today I am announcing the online availability of Dine Bizad: a handbook for beginners in the study of the Navaho language by F.G. Mitchell (1910). I have had...

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Navajo Multimedia Books

I’ve found a collection of awesome multimedia books produced by Diné College that is a useful Navajo language resource. The collection has  76 different children’s books divided among 7 proficiency...

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Navajo Setup – Learning With Text

Learning with Text in Navajo Now that I’ve introduced everyone to Learning With Text, I thought I would provide a quick set-up tutorial in case you want to get started. Step 1: Go to...

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Learning With Text – Navajo Reading

A language learning program has come out called Learning With Text. This software helps with reading in what ever language you are learning. I’ve started to use the program to read in Spanish and I...

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Navajo Anki Deck Available

I’ve taken the opportunity to collect all the Navajo flashcards from Quizlet and Flashcard Exchange to create a shared master Navajo deck to be used with Anki. There are 814 facts (flashcards) in the...

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From Font to Keyboard – Converting Navajo text

Have you been in this situation? You want to copy and paste Navajo text from some website only to find out that it is fine when you read it on the internet, but it is a jumbled mess in Microsoft Word....

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New Lyrics Page

Hey everyone, I’ve started a page for Sharon Burch lyrics under Resource Links. The lyrics have been typed out with the Navajo keyboard for your convenience. My suggestion would be to use these lyrics...

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