About Navajo Trails:
"Navajo
Trails" was a term used around the turn-of-the-century to identify
routes that were used for hundreds of years by Native Americans. The
routes referred to expanded when Dineh, a nomadic tribe of Athabaskan-speaking
origin, acquired the horse and became more mobile, traveling a vast
territory in the Southwest and beyond to all directions in search of
large game, medicinal herbs, salt, pilgrimages to sacred sites, trading,
raiding and war.
Many of the
ancient routes led to the four Sacred Mountains, which are oriented
in each of the four cardinal directions. There, the Dineh made offerings
and performed ceremonies for successful raids, good hunting, and the
well-being of The People. The land inside the boundary of the Sacred
Mountains was, and still is, considered to be the “Dineh cosmos.”
When you
journey with Navajo Trails Tour Company, you will be following many
of these ancient and sacred routes. These are the same ones traveled
long ago by the adventurous and nomadic Dineh, and the Ancient Ones
have literally paved our way for us. Like the Dineh of long ago, and
like the many who still respect the traditions today, you should bring
with you on your journey a thirst for adventure, a respect for nature,
and a desire to widen your inner and outer horizons. The oral traditions
of the Dineh are filled with stories of brave deeds, fierce battles
with enemies, the delight and surprise of new relations, and the insistent
call of nature. As you undertake your own journey, you will have ample
opportunity to add meaningful personal stories to the sacred narrative
of your own life.
Come
with us!
Indulge
the call!
Become
a traveler upon the Navajo Trails
And
experience the power
within yourself and all around you.
