The Nation participates the larger economy of the United States while still continuing tradition. Within the government, social programs help ensure the culture’s survival. Transculturation, rather than acculturation has joined popular and Navajo cultures. Schools teach from the American curricula but follow customary education practices and teach the language. Citizens own and maintain modern popular housing for daily life and folk hogans for ceremony. Some Navajo people work in cottage-industry crafts of artifacts such as rugs and jewelry. Others work in the growing oil and gas industries. Though aspects of the modern economy have diffused into the Navajo lands, their ancient customs endure.
The Navajo culture is a valuable piece of the folk cultures of the United States. The Navajo people have secured their cultural survival through written language and sovereignty. Their survival and prosperity have demonstrated an effective resistance to cultural convergence. After enduring and weathering outside attempts at acculturation from Imperial Spain, Mexico, and the United States, the Navajo people continue to retain their ancient customs and