Briefly define these two aspects of Navajo life: the importance of women and the value of Navajo songs.

What will be an ideal response?

• Importance of Navajo women:

• the principal Navajo deity is Changing Woman
• traditional Navajo culture is matrilocal—traditional Navajo families live in the mother's household.
• traditional Navajo culture is matrilineal—children belong to the mother's clan.
• the value of Navajo songs is in their power to heal and bring prosperity, thereby giving leadership within the community to the singers of these songs.