Appendix On Implementing State And Diné Standards
My research takes me into the Pedigree realm of genetics to analyze disease inheritance. Then, tracing the roots of why not marry into close family and relatives creates diseases like hemophilia. The Navajo Clan System, known as K’e, and European Royalty marriages are examples I can use to teach teachers and students why close marriages and relationships are frowned upon and, in some cultures, forbidden.
His explanation of his pea plant findings and the Punnett Square model targets the L3 standard: Genetic information is passed down from one generation of organisms to another. After learning the L3 standard, then L1 how organisms are organized, L2 organisms
The Navajo standards:
Culture: Concept 2 - Nahat’a (Nahat’a bits’aagdoo anootiligii bik’ehgo anisht’ee dooleel. (I will apply and practice the Diné way of life through planning). PO 2. Shil’ iliig K’snisdzin dooleel. (I will express appropriate kinship terms).
History: Concept 1 - Nahdee’ nihidine’e be’iia’ adayiilaa yee baa akonisingo baa nahaashine dooleel. (I will explore and explain how Dine people and historical events have influenced the development of my community). PO 1: Adoone’e nishlinigii do hane’ bedadeeti’gii shil beehozin dooleel. (I will explain my maternal clan family and its historical origin). Concept 2 - Nihe’e’ool’iil dahodiyingo nahaz’aagoo do nihikeya bikaa’goo digi baa akonish dooleel. (I will understand connections between my culture, sacred sites, and historical events). PO 4: Adoone’e nishlingii binahji’ k’e shi’do’nii dooleel. (I will establish kinship with my peers).
Language: Concept 4 - Shee’o’ool’jil haisidigii do ashlaagi baa nahashne
dooleel. (I will appropriately express my interpersonal communication by relating to cultural experiences). PO 3: Adeehodeeziil doo shik’ei baa hashne’ dooleel. (I will introduce myself and my extended family).
Using visuals and explaining the Navajo clans of K’e on a Navajo Kinship Diagram will help students better understand their families and extended families. The chart teaches students Navajo words for family members, such as self (shi), siblings (shadi, shinai, shideezhi, shisili), aunts and uncles (shida’i, shima yazhi, shibizhi, shizhe’e yazhi), and grandparents. Creating Punnett squares from self to parents, then to paternal and maternal grandparents, showing dominant and recessive genes, will help students begin to see the connections.
Extending clan relationships with other tribes is another example of how native tribes explain their clan connections. The Apache and Navajo are two examples of tribes with a clan system.
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