Prospectus for “I am Diné! Celebration of Me!”

Abstract

Each growing family has something in common and that is cradling a newborn addition to the family. The warm love felt for a new child is wholeheartedly embraced by others in the home. A new child in a Diné family is uniquely woven into a culture of kinship and clanship. Like a thread woven into a rug, a newborn child creates a story into a family lifeline. As a child grows and learns about their family values & cultural views, the process of development has taken a different path, a path in K’é. The knowledge of K’é , Diné Bizaad, and traditions are passed down through the next generation, and must be respected and taught. All of these teachings are necessary for survival of the traditional ways of the Diné people. I chose the title with “I am Diné! Celebration of Me!” because the word celebration has a strong, powerful descriptive for me.