KAMALA / HOME
The Americas / Southwestern North America
Diné / Navajo.
Hózhó, relationships and ceremonial knowledge.
PEOPLE & CONTEXT
A place, a name,
a living history.
Diné traditions give their own language to balance, relationships and ceremonial life. The Canoncito Band of Navajos Health Center describes the work of Diné Hataalii and traditional practitioners in relation to hózhó. Their role is introduced through that community context, rather than renamed as a generic shamanic practice.
A WAY TO STUDY
Begin with the source.
Begin with the community's public account. Record the Diné terms, speaker and context, and distinguish information shared for public learning from ceremonial knowledge that requires community permission.