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SAAD AHAAH SINIL
DUAL LANGUAGE
Item#: B001
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PREFACE:

The Navajo Studies Center at what is now called the Rough Rock Demonstration School, is reprinting the publication Saad Ahaah Sinil because of the frequent demand for this booklet which has been out of print for over 10 years.

Historically, it is important to remember that the Rough Rock Demonstration School which then became the Rough Rock Community School has long been a leader in Navajo Education. Not only are such important and required subjects as English, Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies and so forth required and taught at Rough Rock; but also, the school has been a leader in the area of teaching Navajo History, Language and Culture. When the Rough Rock Demonstration School started in 1966, it was the first school on the Navajo Reservation that provided time in the regular school curriculum to teach Navajo Studies Courses. Now in the year 2004. every school on the Navajo Reservation is required by the Education Policies of the Navajo Nation (passed in 1984) as well as in the Education Standards of the Navajo Nation (passed in 2002) where there is a requirement that every student in every Navajo School in every grade level shall have the opportunity to attend classes in Navajo History, Language and Culture.

The Rough Rock Community School is committed to providing not only instruction in these areas but also in providing books, units, and other material that may be used by any school or individual in the area of Navajo Studies. A word needs to be said about the nature of the current instructional program in Navajo Studies at the Rough Rock Community School. Currently, there are 20 courses included in the Rough Rock High School curriculum. Not only are such courses as Navajo Culture, Navajo Philosophy and Values, a variety of course in Navajo Language offered, but also courses dealing with such areas as Contemporary Navajo Affairs and issues facing the Navajo Nation are also taught. In other words, the Rough Rock Community School Board not only wants every student attending this institution to be rooted in the history and traditions and culture and language of the Navajo people but also to learn problems and issues facing the Navajos today. The Rough Rock Community School Navajo Studies Center is not looking backwards but looking forward on into the future.

It is our earnest hope that the republication of this book will assist individuals in school as they teach Navajo Language.

Credit must be given to George Mitchell and Martha Austin and others who produced this fine volume. This has proved to be one of the most popular of all publication, Rough Rock has produced.

Ruth Roessel
Director of Navajo Studies Center
Rough Rock Community School
2004

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