Other threats have been the imposing of an economy based on wages because of settler colonialism. This need for wages as lead to the Navajo people needing to “face a new challenge – to meet the outside world on its own terms while preserving and teaching traditional cultural values” (Paths of Life). Pastoral way of life still has such an important role in the Navajo household. For example, the Paths of Life exhibit states that “In a modern Navajo home, traditions and aspects of pastoral life serve as a means for educating youngsters in Navajo ways and values.” In other words, it is important for these practices to survive time so the Navajo can still use pastoralism to teach the next generations of their culture and traditions. To do so though it is necessary for the Navajo to instill the knowledge of natural cycles onto the younger generations so they too can become successful
Other threats have been the imposing of an economy based on wages because of settler colonialism. This need for wages as lead to the Navajo people needing to “face a new challenge – to meet the outside world on its own terms while preserving and teaching traditional cultural values” (Paths of Life). Pastoral way of life still has such an important role in the Navajo household. For example, the Paths of Life exhibit states that “In a modern Navajo home, traditions and aspects of pastoral life serve as a means for educating youngsters in Navajo ways and values.” In other words, it is important for these practices to survive time so the Navajo can still use pastoralism to teach the next generations of their culture and traditions. To do so though it is necessary for the Navajo to instill the knowledge of natural cycles onto the younger generations so they too can become successful